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13-96-140  Maximum height.
   (a)   The height of a combustible screen fence shall not exceed eight feet.
   (b)   The height of a combustible solid fence shall not exceed six feet, except that such fence may have a height not exceeding eight feet under the following conditions:
      (1)   When the distance from the fence to a public way exceeds the height of the fence.
      (2)   When such fence is laterally braced on one side with structural braces extending to the top of the fence or is supported by posts of noncombustible material set in masonry or concrete foundations.
   (c)   The height of a noncombustible screen fence shall not exceed ten feet, except as follows:
      (1)   A noncombustible screen fence enclosing a place of open air assembly or yard of an institutional, business, industrial or storage occupancy may have a height not exceeding 15 feet.
   (d)   The height of a noncombustible solid fence shall not exceed eight feet except as follows:
      (1)   A noncombustible solid fence enclosing a place of open air assembly or a yard of an institutional, business, industrial or storage occupancy may have a height not exceeding 12 feet.
(Prior code § 61-5.2)