No fence or wall shall be constructed or installed in any zone without the review and approval of such by the zoning administrator/building director. Permits are valid for one year from the date of approval. An administrative application shall be submitted to determine compliance with the following approval criteria:
A. Electric Fences Prohibited: Electric fences are prohibited within the corporate limits of the city.
B. Barbed Wire Fences: Barbed wire may be permitted in commercial and industrial zones only when used as the top section for security fences. Any barbed wire forming part of a security fence shall be a minimum of seventy two inches (72") above grade. Public correctional or penal facilities are exempted from this limitation.
C. Walls And Screens: For the purposes of this section, walls, latticework and screens are considered to be fences and shall be built and maintained in compliance with the provisions hereof.
D. Use Of Specific Materials Prohibited: The use of boxes, sheet metal, wafer board, OSB, old or decayed wood, broken masonry blocks or other like unsightly materials for fencing is hereby prohibited.
E. Height Regulations:
1. Interior Lots: Solid or closed nonvision fences to a height of thirty six inches (36"), or open vision type fences to a height of forty eight inches (48"), may be built from the front yard setback to and including the front property line. Fences to a height of seventy two inches (72") may be built from the front yard setback to and including the rear property line.
2. Corner Lots:
a. Any fence, wall or planting on or within the clear vision triangle shall be limited to thirty six inches (36") in height measured from the crown of the street.
b. Solid or closed nonvision fences to a height of thirty six inches (36") or open vision type fences to a height of forty eight inches (48"), may be built along the front property line and along the side property line to the front yard setback, except that a fence of seventy two inches (72") in height may be built upon street and side property lines from the front yard setback to and across the rear property line provided that no fence that exceeds thirty six inches (36") in height may be erected in the clear vision triangle.
3. Variance: To vary the above requirement, the provisions of section 11-6A-10 of this title shall be complied with.
F. Concrete, Masonry Walls: Concrete and masonry walls and fences over six feet (6') tall must also be approved by the building department.
G. Location; Agreements With Adjoining Property Owners: The fence must be built entirely upon the property that it was permitted for unless agreements are made with the adjoining property owners. These agreements need not be submitted with the application; however, the permit shall become void if the applicant fails to procure them. (2003 Code § 11-09-07)