No fence shall be constructed unless it meets the following requirements.
(A) Any fence erected on a property line or within one foot of any property line shall be so constructed that the fence posts or other supports for such fence shall be placed or located on that side of the fence which faces the property of the person erecting or causing such fence to be erected. However, in the case of a fence erected under a mutual agreement between two adjoining properties, the fence posts or other supports may be placed on whichever side such property owners by mutual agreement may elect.
(B) No fence on any lot or parcel of ground located in any R-1 Single-Family Residential District, as defined and established by Ch. 165, Zoning Code, of this code of ordinances or any amendment thereto, shall exceed six feet in height above the sidewalk grade, or above the surface of the ground where no grade is established, except that a fence designed and used to enclose a swimming pool may be more than six feet, but not more than eight feet in height above the grade as aforesaid.
(C) No fence on any lot or parcel of ground located in any R-1 Single-Family Residential, C-1 Central Area or C-2 Highway Commercial District as defined and established by Ch. 165, Zoning Code, of this code of ordinances or any amendment thereto, may be erected on any portion of such lot or parcel of ground lying within the front yard as defined in said zoning code and as the same is applicable to such lot or parcel of ground.
(D) No fence on any real estate located in the R-1 Single-Family Residential as defined and established by Ch. 165, Zoning Code, of this code of ordinances shall be erected in whole or in part of what is commonly known as barbed wire. No fence located on real estate in the C-1 Central Area Commercial, C-2 Highway Commercial, I-1 Limited Industrial and I-2 General Industrial Districts as defined and established by Ch. 165, Zoning Code, of this code of ordinances may be constructed in whole or in part of what is commonly known as barbed wire, except as otherwise permitted by § 150.117 of this chapter.
(E) No fence on any lot or parcel of ground located in any R-1 Single-Family Residential, as defined and established by Chapter 165, Zoning Code, of this code of ordinances or any amendment thereto, may be erected on any portion of a corner side yard, defined as a side yard which adjoins a street, unless the fence is set back at least a foot from the lot line and is not constructed in whole or in part of what is commonly known as white vinyl.
(Prior Code, § 150.116) (Ord. 2371, passed 7-12-1977; Ord. 86-08, passed 2-11-1986; Ord. 2024-032, passed 6-25-2024)