(a) Fences, Walls, Landscaping, and Retaining Walls.
(1) Fences in the required front yard must be approved by the Board of Site Arrangement and shall conform to the following:
A. The fence shall be no more than four (4) feet in height and thirty percent (30%) solid.
B. The fencing shall not take up more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the front yard frontage.
C. Adjacent properties will not be negatively affected.
D. If the fence is more than three (3) feet high it may not be located within thirty (30) feet of the street intersection.
(2) Fences in side and rear yards shall not exceed six (6) feet in height. No barbed wire, farm or other commercial fences are permitted in any yard.
(3) Retaining walls shall not exceed four (4) feet in height. A second tier retaining wall shall not exceed four (4) feet in height and shall be set back four (4) feet from the first lower wall. A fence on top of any retaining wall shall be set back two (2) feet from the retaining wall.
(4) In any district where a privacy fence may be installed, the more attractive or finished side of the fence shall face outward (i.e., in view of neighboring properties).
(5) A fence (open or solid to any degree) or wall of any height may be erected along a lot or buffer area line or interstate highway upon approval of the Board of Site Arrangement if necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, safety, or general welfare or the protection of residential uses.
(b) Grading, Filling, and Excavation. Grading, filling, excavating or any change in the grade of property that involves the moving, depletion or replacement of more than 100 cubic yards of material or changes the existing elevation by more than one (1) foot requires a permit. No grading shall be done that may be detrimental to surrounding property in appearance or in the diversion of stormwater drainage.
(c) Height Exceptions.
(1) Institutions of an education, religion, higher learning, non-profit, or of a philanthropic nature, when permitted, may be erected to a height not exceeding seventy (70) feet, if the building is setback from each yard at least one (1) foot for each foot of additional building height above the height limit otherwise permitted in the district where the building is located.
(2) Chimneys, cooling towers, elevator bulkheads, fire towers, monument stacks, stage towers, or scenery lofts, tanks, water towers, ornamental towers and spires, church steeples, radio or television towers or necessary mechanical appurtenances may be exempted by the Board of Site Arrangement from the height regulations if the following standards are met. The construction and/or installation of any feature listed within this subsection requires approval by the Board of Site Arrangement regardless of height.
A. They are set back one (1) foot over the yard requirements in the district which they are located for every one (1) foot in height above the height required in the district in which they are located;
B. They are complimentary to the principal building;
C. They do not create a detrimental impact upon adjoining, surrounding, and nearby properties.
(d) Residential Outside Storage.
(1) For residential zoning districts and residential uses, there shall be no outside storage of household items, appliances, building materials, or of any such material including, but not limited to, vehicle parts, gazebos, and outdoor children play items in the front or side yards. Such items are permitted in the rear yard.
(2) Residential uses may store building materials for an active construction project on an impervious surface in the front yard for up to thirty (30) days.
(e) Residential Yard Regulations.
(1) For residential zoning districts and residential uses, every part of a required yard shall be open to the sky, unobstructed except for accessory buildings, patios, and decks in a rear yard only, and except for the ordinary projections of sills, belt courses, cornices and ornamental features, roof overhangs, planter boxes, and similar items, not to extend more than twenty-four (24) inches into any required yard.
(2) For corner lots, there shall be a front yard on each street side. No accessory building shall project beyond the front yard line on either street.
(3) Where lots have a double frontage, the required front yard shall be provided on both streets.
(4) Unless specific exceptions are provided for a district within the Zoning Code, all front yards shall be devoted to landscaped areas. Up to one-fourth (¼) of the required front yard may be taken up with drives, walks, and patios.
(Ord. 2017. Passed 1-26-17.)