(A) Permit required. No person, firm, or corporation shall hereafter construct or cause to be constructed or erected within the city any fence without securing a zoning permit.
(B) Fences, walls, and hedges. No fence, wall, or hedge shall be erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision between a height of three and eight feet where it will interfere with traffic or pedestrian visibility from a driveway or alley to a public way. The regulations shall apply unless it can be demonstrated to the City Zoning Officer that the structure provides an unobstructed view so as not to create a safety hazard.
(C) Location. All fences shall be located entirely upon the private property of the persons, firm, or corporation constructing, or causing the construction, of such fence. The Zoning Officer may require any applicant for a fence permit to establish the boundary lines of his or her property by a survey thereof to be made by any registered land surveyor.
(D) Construction and maintenance. Every fence shall be constructed in a substantial manner and of substantial material reasonably suited for the purpose for which the fence is proposed to be used. Every fence shall be maintained in a condition of reasonable repair and shall not be allowed to become and remain in a condition of disrepair or danger, or constitute a nuisance. Any such fence which is or has become dangerous to the public safety, health, or welfare is a public nuisance, and the Zoning Officer shall commence proper proceedings for the abatement thereof. Link fences, wherever permitted, shall be constructed in such a manner that no barbed ends shall be at the top.
(E) Barbed wire fences. Barbed wire fences shall not be permitted, used, or constructed, except in agricultural, commercial, and industrial districts as hereinafter provided.
(F) Solar energy access. Fences, walls, and hedges shall not interfere with solar energy access to existing solar energy systems located on adjacent lots.
(Ord. passed 4-13-2021) Penalty, see § 150.99