(A) Six feet shall be the maximum height of any fence, wall or hedge along the rear lot line or between the rear lot line and the front line of the main building. Four feet shall be the maximum height of any fence, wall, or hedge located between the front line of the main building and the front lot line. Fences and walls shall be set back at least 30 inches from the front property line for purposes of providing landscaping. Said landscaping shall consist of any combination of turf, groundcover, shrubs, or vines and shall not exceed the height of the fence or wall.
(B) Property line fences, walls, and hedges in the rear yard of interior lots and in the rear yard of corner lots, except along any line that abuts the side line of a key lot, and except along any portion of a lot line of a corner lot nearer to the side street than the building setback line of the improvements on the lot, or the improvements on the lot adjacent thereto, may extend to a total height of seven and one- half feet under the following conditions:
(1) On a key lot no fence, wall, or hedge of a height more than four feet shall extend into the front yard nearer the street on the side abutting the rear of the corner lot than the closest corner of the main building on the corner lot.
(2) Any fence, wall, or hedge along the front or side line of a corner lot within 35 feet of the intersection of the front and side lines shall be no more than two feet high measured from the elevation of the top of the curb adjacent to such wall, fence, or hedge.
(3) In those situations where the Police Chief and the Community Development Director find that an existing fence, wall, or hedge on a corner lot creates a public nuisance or traffic hazard, the Council may require that the restrictions stated in division (d) above of this section be complied with.
(4) On corner lots no fence, wall, or hedge of a height more than four feet shall extend into the side yard adjacent to the street nearer than any portion of the main building on such lot; and if the corner lot abuts a key lot to the rear, no fence, wall, or hedge of a height more than four feet shall extend into the side yard adjacent to the street nearer than the closest front corner of the main building on the key lot.
(5) If the owner or occupant of a lot desires to construct and maintain a swimming pool on such property such swimming pool shall not be constructed, maintained, or set closer to the street than the front line of the building setback line established for that block, and he shall conform to the provisions of the Uniform Building Code, the swimming pool fencing provisions set out in §§ 150.180 through 150.181, and the provisions of § 153.129.
(6) If the owner or occupant of a lot desires to construct and maintain a tennis or badminton court on such premises, such tennis or badminton court shall not be erected, maintained, or set closer to the street than the front line of the building setback line established for that block. Such badminton or tennis court may be enclosed by a fence attached to such supports as may be required by the Community Development Director as to size, design, strength, utility, and safety pursuant to the standards set by the Uniform Building Code and engineering principles pertaining to stresses, strains, and wind resistance. Nothing shall be grown, placed, or maintained upon or against such fence that will in any way or manner obstruct the passage of light or air through such fence above the height of six feet.
(‘65 Code, § 9-3.1507) (Ord. 556, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 911, passed - - ; Am. Ord. 10-C.S., passed - - ; Am. Ord. 37-C.S., passed - - ; Am. Ord. 608-C.S., passed 5-10-14) Penalty, see § 153.999