§ 156.287 FENCES.
   (A)   No fence, wall or similar structure greater than four feet in height shall be installed or erected along a street or right-of-way line or between a required building line and a street or right-of-way line, as defined by this chapter (Ord. 56-O-330).
   (B)   No fence, wall or similar structure, wherever located, shall be built to a height greater than eight feet.
   (C)   No fence, wall or similar structure having a density greater than 25% shall be built, installed or erected within 20 feet of the intersection of lot lines adjacent to a street corner.
   (D)   No fence, wall or similar structure wherever located, shall have on top of it cyclone barbed wire, circular barbed wire or prison barbed wire.
   (E)   Any owner of a fence, wall or similar structure having cyclone barbed wire, circular barbed wire or prison barbed wire located on top of it at the time of passage of Ord. 95-O-1526 shall have 120 days to remove such barbed wiring from that structure.
   (F)   No fence, wall or similar structure shall be built, installed or erected without first obtaining a building permit in the manner herein provided for building permits for other structures.
   (G)   The Mayor and City Council may, after public notice and hearing, authorize a variance in the height and density of any fence or wall or similar structure and in respect to the location thereof whenever such fence, wall or similar structure is to be erected for the purpose of enclosing premises used for public utility or municipal purposes, and upon a finding that such variance is reasonably necessary for the public convenience or welfare, and with respect to other property concerning which it is found that there are practical difficulties or particular hardships in the way of carrying out the strict letter of this section.
(Prior Code, § 156.232) (Ord. 95-O-1526, passed - -1995) Penalty, see § 156.999