Any fence or wall, including retaining walls located immediately abutting or parallel to any major or minor arterial street in the city shall be required to comply with the following design criteria:
(1) All such arterial walls, including retaining walls, shall be constructed of split-face tan color masonry block. The block wall shall have a decorative cap as approved by the planning division. At the discretion of the community development director, the decorative cap may extend beyond the height limitation.
(2) When fifty percent or more of the wall area of an existing wall or fence is reconstructed, changed, altered, redesigned or added, all the provisions of this section shall apply to the entire arterial wall.
(3) All fences and walls visible from a major or minor arterial roadway, including such walls or fence which are visible from, but not directly adjacent to such highways and streets, shall be maintained in good physical and aesthetic conditions at all times pursuant to Chapter 21.72 of the La Mirada Municipal Code.
(Ord. 650, § 11, 2012; Ord. 612 Exhibit A (part), 2008).