In residence districts, fences enclosing plots used for dwelling purposes shall conform to the following requirements.
(A) Residential units not at an intersection (see Diagram A).
(1) Fences erected in front of the building line shall be aa listed in § 156.406(B)(1), (2), (3), (4), (6), or (8) and shall not exceed four feet in height unless approved by variance. No privacy fence may be erected in front of the building line. Masonry pillars may be permitted as part of the permit. The pillars for a fence shall not exceed four feet, six inches in height and each pillar shall not exceed 18 inches in width and depth.
(2) Side yard fences placed behind the front building line, may be of any type but shall not exceed a height of six feet.
(3) Rear yard fences may be of any type, but shall not exceed a height of eight feet.
(B) Residential units at an intersection (see Diagram B).
(1) Corner lot properties (those having a side yard adjacent to a street) fences erected in front of the building line shall be as listed in § 156.406(B)(1), (2), (3), (4), or (6), and shall not exceed four feet in height unless approved by variance. No privacy fence may be erected in front of the building line. Fence type (§ 156.406(B)(6)) shrubbery, and the like, may be used on the side yard adjacent to a street, up to a maximum height of six feet, provided the fence is located behind the front building line. Any pillar use shall conform to the above.
(2) Side yard fences, on the nonadjacent street side, placed behind the front building line to the rear building line, may be of any type but shall not exceed a height of six feet.
(3) Side yard fences, on the adjacent street side, § 156.406(B)—privacy fencing may be used on the side yard adjacent to a street, up to a maximum height of six feet, provided the fence is located behind the front and rear building lines.
(4) Rear yard fences may be of any type, but shall not exceed a height of eight feet.
(C) Generally. Any residential district or subdivision with a developmental covenant restricting the use of fencing or places certain restrictions on fencing type and height and the like, remain in force and will be enforced by this subchapter.
(D) Diagrams.
(1) Diagram A: Interior lot, not at intersection.
(2) Diagram B: Corner lot at intersection.
(Prior Code, § 156.386) (Ord. 0-02-0009, passed - -2002) Penalty, see § 156.999