(a) Barbed Wire/Electric Fencing. No barbed wire or electric fences shall be permitted within either a residential zone or a mobile home park zone. No barbed wire shall be permitted along any boundary adjoining a residential zone or a mobile home park zone unless such wire is located at least six (6) feet above-ground level. Protective devices utilizing barbed wire may be installed upon walls or fences constructed or used in conjunction with a non-conforming commercial or industrial use in a residential zone. Unless otherwise prohibited by this section, barbed wire shall be permitted in all professional office, business, and industrial zones.
(b) Height. The maximum height of walls and fences shall be regulated in accordance with the following:
Zone Maximum Height.
(1) Any residential or office zone; any business zone other than B-2, B-2A, B-2B or B-4:
a. Between any public or private street right-of-way and the front plane of the building, except an alley: Four (4) feet, with the following exceptions:
1. Where the front or side street side yard abuts an alley: Eight (8) feet.
2. Where the property is a double-frontage lot, the frontage abutting an arterial highway or collector street where driveway access is prohibited (e.g., New Circle Road, Man o' War Boulevard, etc.): Eight (8) feet.
b. Side or rear yard (behind the front plane of the building): Eight (8) feet.
c. Any side street side yard abutting a street other than an alley:
1. Within three (3) feet of the public or private right-of-way: Four (4) feet;
2. Greater than three (3) feet from the right-of-way: Six (6) feet.
(2) Any B-2, B-2A or B-2B zone:
a. Front yard: Six (6) feet.
b. Side or rear yard: Eight (8) feet.
(3) Any Agricultural, B-4 or Industrial zone: No limitation.
For the purpose of this section, the height of a wall or fence shall be the vertical distance from the established grade at the fence or wall to the top of the fence or wall.
(c) Fence Orientation Abutting Public Property. In all zones other than agricultural zones, where fencing is located adjacent to a public street, park or other publicly-owned property, the fencing shall be installed with the structural members or framing directed inward toward the property.
(Code 1983, § 15-4; Ord. No. 215-88 , § 1, 9-22-1988; Ord. No. 307-2002 , § 1, 12-5-2002; Ord. No. 129-2009 , § 27, 7-2-2009; Ord. No. 62-2012 , §§ 1, 2, 5-17-2012; Ord. No. 166-2017 , § 7(15-4), 11-16-2017)
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