CHAPTER 17: FENCES

Section

   17-1   Definitions

   17-2   Permit required

   17-3   Same — fees

   17-4   Restrictions on fence construction generally

   17-5   Maintenance; dangerous fences deemed nuisance; abatement

   17-6   Establishing of lot lines may be required

   17-7   Board of Appeals to hear and act on appeals

   17-99   Penalty — designation as municipal civil infraction

Cross-reference:

   Junkyards, fences for, see § 12-67.1

   Parks, fences in, see § 33-2

§ 17-1 DEFINITIONS.

   FENCE. Any partition, structure, or gate, erected as a dividing marker, barrier or enclosure.

   GRADE. Ground level adjacent to the fence on either side.

   ZONE CLASSIFICATIONS. Those of Chapter 50.

(Ord. 1375, passed 4-8-1957)

§ 17-2 PERMIT REQUIRED.

   No fence shall be hereafter erected or altered without first obtaining a permit from the Division of Building and Safety Inspections of the City of Flint.

(Ord. 1375, passed 4-8-1957)

§ 17-3 SAME — FEES.

   A fence shall be considered as a structure for the purpose of figuring the permit fee.

(Ord. 1375, passed 4-8-1957; Ord. 2469, passed 11-25-1974)