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.
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.