A fence, wall and/or hedge not exceeding 80 inches in height above the ground level may be erected or maintained upon any zoning lot, except that no fence, wall or hedge located within a front yard shall be erected, placed, planted or allowed to grow in such a manner as to materially impede vision of intersection streets.
(A) Solid fences, walls and hedges extending past the building setback into the front yard and side yard setback on corner lots shall not exceed 24 inches in height above the ground level, and fences of a chain-link material extending past the building setback into the front yard shall not exceed 48 inches in height above the ground level.
(B) No person shall hereafter construct, erect or maintain or cause to be constructed, erected or maintained, in the city limits of this city any fences of any character or material, without first securing a building permit from the City Council. Further, no such fence of any kind shall be built closer than two feet to the inside sidewalk line or street right-of-way, and no electric fence or fence with barbed wire be constructed in any residential district fence within the city limits. Except that barbed wire may be used in connection with a security fence when the barbed wire is at least six feet from the ground.
(C) Fences which are adjacent to alleys shall be set back ten feet from the street/boulevard right-of-way.
(D) Trees that have foliage hanging over sidewalks or street right-of-way shall be trimmed to clear such sidewalk or street right-of-way by eight feet, and no shrubbery, hedges or coniferous trees shall be planted, or objects be permitted in the street right-of-way, and if such plantings or objects are within the street right-of-way, the city shall not be held liable for removal or damage when such street right-of-way shall be used for lawful street right-of-way purposes.
(Ord. 238, passed 9-8-2008) Penalty, see § 151.99