1. No fence or wall (except a retainer wall) shall be erected to a height of more than 4 feet in a front yard and more than 6 feet in any other yard with within all zoning districts. A fence or wall in any other portions of a property are limited to 6 feet. No fence or hedge or wall shall block a motorist’s view of vehicles entering or exiting the property.
2. A fence in a front yard shall contain openings equal to 75 percent of the area.
3. Fences and walls must not be located within 5 feet from any private right-of- way or public cartway, including any roads, streets or alleys of Dauphin Borough or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This height distance may be further regulated at any site in order to provide for a clear site distance.
4. Fences shall be finished on both sides in the same manner, or if finished only on one side, then said fence shall be erected so that the finished side faces outward away from the lot or parcel of ground where the same is erected.
5. If a fence, as erected on any property, is found by the Dauphin Borough Council, or an agent designated by said Board, to interfere with the location, relocation, maintenance or repair of any public roadway, cartway or public utility lines, then in such instance said fence shall be removed or relocated by the property owner who owns the land upon which the fence is located at the sole expense of said property owner.
6. It shall be unlawful to construct or alter any fence outside of the building line of any lot without having first secured a permit therefor.
7. Application for such permits shall be made to the Dauphin Borough Council or an agent designated by the Council and shall be accompanied by plans and specifications, in duplicate, showing the work to be done; such plans shall be verified by the signature of either the owner of the premises or the contractor in charge of the operation and shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee in an amount as shall be established from time to time by the Council in a duly adopted resolution.
8. Such application with plans shall be referred to the Zoning Officer who shall examine the same to determine whether the proposed construction or alteration will comply with the provisions of this Chapter relative thereto and shall issue or reject the permit, in writing 5 working days from receipt of the application. Upon approval, one set of plans shall be returned to the applicant with a permit and the other shall be retained by the Zoning Officer. No permit shall be issued until after approval of the plans.
9. It shall be unlawful to vary materially from the submitted plans and specifications unless such variations are submitted in an amended application to the Zoning Officer and approved by this official.
10. The Zoning Officer shall make or cause to be made such inspection as is necessary to see the enforcement of the provisions of this Section.
(Ord. 77-5, 2/28/1977, §1106; as amended by Ord. 93-10, 12/7/1993, §1; and by Ord. 04- 02, 9/7/2004)