1. Permit Required. No person shall erect, alter or relocate any fence, wall, or other vision barrier without first obtaining a building permit, the fee for which shall be established by resolution of the City Council.
2. Residential fences shall be permitted in any yard in residential zoning districts or residential use areas. Front and side yards adjacent to a street in residential zone districts shall be considered front yards and fences in front yards shall not exceed 48 inches in height if chain link and 42 inches in height for all other fence materials. On corner lots fences that exceed 48 inches in height if open chain link and 42 inches in height for all other fence materials shall conform to principal building setback requirements. (See Section 191.05 – Corner Lots.) In side and rear yards, opaque and/or solid fences or walls shall not exceed six-feet in height, but fences may extend to eight-feet in height if the portion of fence higher than six feet is constructed with 70% of the surface area open. Fences in the designated rear yard of a though lot shall be located no closer to the street right-of-way than the far edge from the street right-of-way of the landscape or open space buffer or easement. No setback is required from the street-right-of-way for fences six-feet and under in height in the designated rear yard of through lots when there is no landscape or open space buffer or easement. Residential fences taller than six feet in the designated rear yard of a through lot with no landscape or open space buffer or easement shall have a minimum setback of five feet from the property line. (See Section 191.06 – Through Lots.) All fences shall adhere to the requirements for visibility at intersections. (See Section 191.15.)
3. Fences shall be permitted in any yard in commercial and industrial zoning districts except that fences or walls shall not in any case exceed eight feet in height in side and rear yards. Fences in yards adjacent to street right-of-way lines on corner and interior lots shall be at the height and location shown on the approved site plan. Fences in the designated rear yard of a through lot shall be located no closer to the street right-of-way than the far edge from the street right-of-way of a landscape or open space buffer or easement or, when there is no buffer or easement, shall be at the height and location shown on the approved site plan. All fences shall adhere to the requirements for visibility at intersections. (See Section 191.15.)
4. No hedge, landscape planting or other vegetation shall be permitted in any district which impedes vision greater than fifty percent of an imaginary plane, perpendicular to the street, extending the full depth of the front yard and vertically from a height of 42 inches to ten feet.
5. Fences of any height shall be permitted in connection with any agricultural use, provided that the requirements of traffic visibility at intersections are observed.
6. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to public tennis courts, public pools, public baseball fields, and any other public recreational use facility accessible to the public, except where traffic visibility is impaired.