Oak Hill is unlike anywhere else in Nashville — open, wooded, and park-like, with front yards that flow into one another and give the whole community its calm, green, welcoming feel. That character isn't an accident. It comes from a long-standing community standard: no fences across our front yards.

Now a proposed ordinance before the Oak Hill Planning Commission would allow front-yard fences for the first time. We're asking it to keep Oak Hill exactly as it is.

Front-yard fences would, slowly and permanently:

1. Break up the open, scenic views that define our streets
2. Erode the sense of openness and connection between neighbors
3. Fragment the natural corridors that local wildlife depend on to move freely
4. Chip away at the very character that makes Oak Hill property among the most sought-after — and most valuable — in Middle Tennessee

This is already happening around us. Belle Meade and Forest Hills already have opened the door to front-yard fencing. Oak Hill is the last of its kind — a community that has kept its front yards fully open. Once fences begin to go up, lot by lot, that openness is gone for good. 

We, the undersigned residents and property owners of Oak Hill, respectfully urge the Planning Commission and Board of Commissioners to reject the proposed ordinance and maintain the prohibition on front-yard fences — preserving the open, park-like landscape that makes our community unique.

The Planning Commission meets Tuesday, July 7 at 6 p.m. at the City of Oak Hill office, 5548 Franklin Pike #102. Please sign, share with your neighbors, and join us if you can. Let's keep Oak Hill the way it is.