A. Supporting members for walls, screenings and fences shall be installed so as not to be visible from any other property which adjoins or faces the fences or walls being installed. This regulation shall not apply to fences or walls which are designed so that the supporting members are identical in appearance on both sides of the fence or wall such as shadow box fences. Back-to-back fences are not permitted unless there is a separation of thirty (30) inches or more.
(Ord. 38-18. Passed 11-20-18.)
B. Maintenance: Fences shall be kept in proper repair and maintained so as not to create conditions which endanger the health, comfort, or safety of the public.
C. Permits: No fence or wall shall be erected or constructed until a fence permit has been issued by the Director of Zoning or his/her authorized representative who shall review each request to determine its compliance with this Chapter. Each property owner shall determine property lines and ascertain that the fence or wall does not encroach upon another lot or parcel of land.
E. Front Yards: No fence, wall, hedge, or planting shall be located in a front yard except hedges or other plantings along the side lot line not exceeding thitiy-six inches (36") in height may be located in any front yard subject to the traffic visibility requirements at corner lots (see Section 1147.10B.).
F. Rear and Side Yards: A fence or other screening device may be located in any rear or side yard provided it is no more than six (6) feet in height; and less than twelve (12) feet in height for any fence or hedge surrounding a tennis court.
(Ord. 26-18. Passed 7-17-18.)
G. Security Fences: A fence (open or solid to any degree) or wall of any height may be erected along a side or rear lot line or buffer area line upon approval of the Planning Commission if necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety or general welfare or the protection of residential and commercial uses. Exception: outside commercial seating or recreational enclosures as approved by the Building and Zoning Department.
(Ord. 38-18. Passed 11-20-18.)
H. Fence Construction: No barbed wire, other sharp pointed material, or electrically charged material shall be used in the construction of fences. In potentially hazardous or other high risk areas such materials may be permitted by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
1. Fences or walls whether intended primarily for protection from trespassers, for visual barriers, or for windbreak purposes must be made from durable materials, permanently and securely anchored into place.
I. Other Permissible Locations: Provided it is set back at least twenty (20) feet of a corner lot line so as not to interfere with traffic visibility, fences and hedges. may be erected on public or semipublic areas, on school grounds or in industrial districts.
(Ord. 26-18. Passed 7-17-18.)