(a) No fence exceeding three and one-half feet in height shall be erected, altered, relocated or reconstructed upon, along or adjacent to any boundary line between the front property line and the front building line, as established on the street. Fences extending beyond the front building line and along the front lot line shall be open for at least fifty percent (50%) of the projected area and the open space so formed shall be evenly distributed, except that fences formed of a natural plant species may be compact throughout.
(b) Fences facing a rear lot line, except when adjoining a side lot line which is in front of a front building line, and side yard fences extending from the rear lot line to the required front building line, shall not be higher than six feet.
(c) Residential fencing shall not be topped with sharp points, such as may readily result in bodily injury and no residential fencing shall be of barbed wire. If a natural plant species is used as a fence and the plant species used is briars, prickers, thorns or any other foliage which can scratch, injure or harm a person or animal, the owner of such natural plant species used as a fence shall keep it trimmed.
(d) Retaining walls which measure more than three feet above the lowest grade level they are proposed to serve shall be protected by a fence not less than four feet high, except that such fence need not be more than three feet high when the retaining wall extends beyond the building line.
(e) A fence built around a patio may be solid or open and six and one-half feet high, whether such enclosure is located in the side or rear yard. However, such fence shall be distant from the property line at least the same distance as is required by zoning for the main building.
(f) The height of fences shall be measured from a point not to exceed six inches above the finished grade line or natural contour of the ground. Fences shall follow the contour of the ground so far as is practical.
(g) Where solid fences are erected and where a water drainage situation occurs, such problem shall be disposed of by placing adequate outlets at the bottom of the fence to eliminate possible accumulation of stagnant water or other undesirable conditions.
(h) No fence shall be erected, altered, relocated or reconstructed within eighteen inches of an existing or proposed sidewalk.
(i) Any fence to be erected around a swimming pool shall be installed in compliance with Chapter 1319 of the Building Code. (Ord. 580. Passed 2-9-84.)