(A) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this zoning code, the minimum yard dimensions specified hereinafter shall not be reduced except through appropriate action by the zoning board.
(B) Yards shall be kept unobstructed for their entire depth except as specified hereinafter.
(C) Private driveways, service drives, easements, sidewalks, flag poles, arbors, trellises, fences, walls, columns, light poles, hydrants, patios, accessory signs and other decorative recreational and utility devices, equipment and TV discs, may be placed in any yard.
(D) Fences, walls, and hedges may be placed in any yard or along the edge of any yard; provided, that no fence, wall or hedge, except in the case of a junkyard, shall exceed four feet (4') in height, except as modified by subsections (E) and (F) of this section.
(E) Corner lot visibility: On a corner lot, nothing shall be permanently or temporarily constructed, erected, placed, planted, or allowed to grow in such a manner as materially to impede vision between a height of two and one-half feet (21/2') and ten feet (10') above the centerline grades of the intersecting streets in an area bounded by the street right of way lines of such corner lot and a straight line adjoining points along said street right of way lines fifty feet (50') from the nearest point of intersection. Beyond such fifty foot (50') limits, subsection (D) of this section shall apply.
(F) Any fence or wall along a side yard or rear yard may be as high as, but shall not exceed, six feet (6') in height in an R-1 or R-2 residential district or eight feet (8') in height in all other zoning districts.
(G) The term "hedge", as used in this section, shall mean a dense row of shrubs, bushes, or other vegetative material that form a boundary or barrier. (Ord. 2005-04, 5-16-2005)