[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Plandome Manor 1-11-2006 by L.L. No. 18-2005 (Ch. 88 of the 2005 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Property maintenance — See Ch. 161.
Pool fences — See Ch. 196.
Zoning — See Ch. 225.
All fences within the Village of Plandome Manor shall conform to the following requirements:
A. 
No fences shall be erected in a front yard on any property in the Village.
B. 
Corner lots or lots fronting on two or more streets shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to have a front yard in any yard or part thereof adjoining a street, whether public or private, and with respect to any such yard there must be full compliance with the provisions of Subsection A hereof.
C. 
Fences shall be constructed with a finished side facing any abutting private property or street.
D. 
All fences shall be maintained in a sound structural condition and in good repair.
E. 
The term "fences" as used in this section shall include walls of all types and materials except retaining walls.
F. 
All compost piles shall be screened with a solid fence no less than four feet high, and no compost pile shall be within 15 feet of a property line.
G. 
Notwithstanding anything hereinabove contained to the contrary, and without limitation upon any other provision of this Code limiting the height of fences, fences erected hereunder shall not exceed a height of four feet from the existing grade at the base thereof.
No person shall erect or maintain or cause or allow to be erected any barbed wire or similar fence or fences in which barbed or similar wire is used on any premises within the Village of Plandome Manor.
A. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, construct or alter any fence within the Village of Plandome Manor until an application for such fence shall have been submitted to and approved by the Building Inspector and a written permit issued therefor by him pursuant to the provisions of the Building Code of the Village of Plandome Manor.[1] It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of a lot or premises within the Village of Plandome Manor to permit a fence (or any portion thereof) to remain on such lot or premises for more than three months from and after the date on which the permit for said fence was issued by the Building Inspector unless a certificate of completion for said fence shall have been issued by the Building Inspector. The Building Inspector shall not issue a certificate of completion unless he shall first receive from the applicant a survey from an engineer or surveyor licensed to practice in the State of New York locating the fence on the lot and indicating the height of the fence.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 88, Construction Codes, Uniform.
[2]
Editor's Note: Original Subsection B, pertaining to variances, which immediately followed this subsection, was deleted at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II). See § 112-4 for the provision deleted.
B. 
The definitions of "yard," "front yard," "side yard," "rear yard," "lot," "corner lot," "street" and "street line," as contained in § 225-2 of Chapter 225, Zoning, of the Code of the Village of Plandome Manor, shall apply to this chapter.
Any variance in and to this chapter, together with the application for the erection and maintenance of a fence, must be submitted to the Board of Zoning Appeals under the powers delegated to it under Village Law, its regulations and the provisions of Chapter 88 of the Village Code.
All height requirements herein shall apply to natural elevation of the grade as of the date of enactment of this chapter.
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I, Penalties and Assessments, of the Code of the Village of Plandome Manor.