(A) No person shall hereafter construct, erect or maintain or cause to be constructed, erected or maintained, in the city corporate limits any fences of any character or material, without first securing permission from the Administrative Official.
(B) Fences, walls and hedges which are more than 30% solid shall abide by § 154.50.
(C) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, fences, walls and hedges with a maximum height of not more than seven feet high, may be erected on any part of a lot other than in the required front yard which shall be limited to a height of three feet.
(D) Hedges or other plantings which create a fence effect are subject to the same regulations as fences
(E) No person shall hereafter construct erect, or maintain or cause to be constructed, erected or maintained, in the city corporate limits any fences of any character or material closer than two feet to the sidewalk line or property line. Exception: a fence/wall/hedge may be placed on the property line provided the fence/wall/hedge is shared between property owners and agreement providing for the maintenance of said fence/wall/hedge is recorded at the Register of Deeds.
(F) Approved fencing materials include stone, brick, wood, vinyl and chain link. The city further requires fencing materials to be “new” used for first time installation. Individuals wishing to utilize “used” not first time installation fencing materials shall require Board of Adjustment approval. No electric or barbed wire fence shall be used in the construction of any fences within the “R” Residential District, “GC” General Commercial District or on the property lines separating commercial or industrial zoned property with residentially zoned property. 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.
(G) Fences that are adjacent to alleys shall be set back five feet from the street/boulevard right-of-way.
(H) That side of the fence considered being the face (facing as applied to fence post) should face abutting property.
(Ord. passed 7-7-2014) Penalty, see § 154.99