Fences, walls, and continuous hedges will be limited as follows:
(A) A maximum height of six (6') feet in any rear or interior side yard exclusive of the front setback area.
(B) A maximum height of three (3') feet in any front or street side yard setback area, except that, subject to the approval of the Community Development Director/City Engineer, a six (6') foot fence may be erected on the street side yard property line of any fifty (50') foot wide corner lot located in the R. Residential Zone, which is situated adjacent to an eighty (80') foot City right-of-way designated as a Local Street on the General Plan. These approvals shall take into consideration site distance requirements adjacent to alleys and where driveways cross the street side yard property line.
(C) A maximum height of six (6') feet to within ten (10') feet of any exterior side property line, exclusive of the front setback. The Community Development Director/City Engineer may grant approval of an encroachment permit for construction of a fence higher than three (3') feet within the required street side yard setback area subject to the following standards:
(1) The maximum height shall not exceed six (6') feet in any street side yard area to within twenty-five (25) feet of the front property line, or projection thereof.
(2) No encroachment permit shall be approved for corner lots with an alley along the rear property line (ten (10') foot setback required).
(3) No encroachment permit shall be approved for corner lots adjacent to a street along the rear property line (ten (10') foot setback required).
(4) Encroachment permits shall take into account sight distance requirements in reverse corner lot situations, where driveway approaches on adjacent lots may be near the rear property line.
(5) Fences along a residential access street (fifty (50') foot right-of-way) shall be set back a minimum of five (5') feet from the exterior side property line.
(6) Design criteria for fences constructed along street side yard property lines shall be as follows (not applicable for fences constructed in accordance with building setback standards except as required in § 10-3.506(C)(5)(d)):
(a) All fences shall be masonry, wrought iron, solid wood, or a combination thereof.
(b) Wood shall be of cedar quality or better and all wood surfaces are to be treated with waterproofing. All posts shall be set in concrete.
(c) Unless the standard setback of ten (10') feet is utilized, all fences along collector streets shall be masonry.
(d) All fences constructed along arterial streets, regardless of setbacks, shall be masonry.
(e) Fence construction along any rear property line adjacent to a Collector or Arterial Street shall be masonry.
(f) Construction of fencing along all designated Collector and Arterial Streets is mandatory. Installation shall be required in conjunction with building permits issued for adjoining lots, and completion required prior to the granting of final occupancy on the permit.
(g) The design criteria for construction of fences along Collector and Arterial Streets shall not apply to any subdivision recorded prior to December 18, 1991, the effective date of Ordinance 580 C.S.
(h) The Planning Commission may grant exceptions on a subdivision-wide basis to the masonry wall requirements along Collector and Arterial Streets specified in this section.
(D) The Planning Commission may approve encroachments into the ten foot (10') street side yard setback not authorized by the Community Development Director/City Engineer, subject to the provisions of the Building Code and City Standards. The Planning Commission may permit a greater height not to exceed a maximum height of eight feet (8') for that portion of a yard to the rear of the front forty feet (40') upon a determination that a greater height will not be detrimental to the public welfare or to abutting property. The Planning Commission may also require the installation of masonry block walls higher than eight feet (8') for the purpose of mitigating noise impacts in conjunction with new residential development. The requirements shall be established as a condition of approval for Tentative Subdivision Maps in conjunction with an acoustical analysis prepared by a qualified independent consultant.
('61 Code, § 10-3.506) (Ord. 380 C.S., passed 9-21-81; Am. Ord. 494, C.S., passed 1-20-88; Am. Ord. 580 C.S., passed 12-18-91; Am. Ord. 652 C.S., passed 3-6-96; Am. Ord. 679 C.S., passed 7-2-97; Am. Ord. 719 C.S., passed 7-19-00)