In commercial and industrial zones fences shall conform to the following requirements.
(A) Fences erected along the front property line in commercially and industrially zoned districts shall not exceed six feet in height and may be of any type except § 156.406(B)(7)—masonry walls. Fences along the sides and back building lines may be of any type and shall not exceed six feet.
(B) Fences erected along the front property in commercially and industrially zoned districts that are greater than six feet, but not more than eight feet in height, may be of any type. The fence shall be set back from the street line a minimum of five feet and softened by landscaping material as approved by the City Planning Department in the pre-application conference.
(C) Fences erected along the front property line of existing and occupied residential unit(s) in commercially and industrially zoned districts shall not exceed four feet in height unless approved by variance and shall be of any type § 156.406(B)(5)—privacy fencing. The residential lot can use any other type of fence for the sides and back of the parcel in conformance with the residential section of this subchapter.
(D) (1) Fences erected in association with used car lots or parking lots (public or private) along the front property line (or the street frontages, if at a corner) in commercially and industrially zoned districts shall not exceed six feet in height and only can be of § 156.406(B)(2)—woven wire.
(2) A site plan showing lot ingress and egress, the placement of the vehicles on the lot, and the type of gate system to be used must accompany any application for the fence. The used car or parking lot can use any type of fence for the sides and back of the parcel in conformance with this section of this subchapter.
(E) Barbed wire, and the like, may be used at a height of not less than seven feet above grade. Barbed wire, and the like, shall be placed so that it does not project beyond the outside face of the fence. The City Planning Department in the pre-application conference shall approve the use of barbed wire, and/or the like, in conjunction with a fence.
(Prior Code, § 156.387) (Ord. 0-02-0009, passed - -2002)