No fences, wall, fence-like or wall-like structure shall be
erected without first obtaining a permit from the construction official,
except that no permit shall be required for any fence, wall, fence-like
or wall-like structure constructed by the Township or any of its boards,
authorities, commissions or agencies.
At the intersection of any two or more streets, no hedge, fence
or wall, which is higher than 30 inches above the center of the road
level, nor any obstruction to vision shall be permitted in the triangular
area formed by the intersection of street lines and a line joining
points each 20 feet distant from said intersection along said property
lines. In the event that county regulations impose a greater requirement
where frontage is upon a county road, such greater requirement shall
prevail.
No fence or wall hereafter erected, altered or reconstructed
in any residential zone or on lots in any other zone on which residential
buildings are erected, shall exceed six feet in height above the adjacent
ground level when located more than 30 feet from the street line toward
which the front entrance of the main building on the property faces.
In any zone other than residential zone, no fence or wall hereafter
erected, altered or reconstructed shall exceed the height of 10 feet
above the ground level. All fences proposed to be erected in anything
other than a residential zone shall receive site plan approval from
the Edgewater Park Township Planning Board.
The foregoing restrictions shall not be applied so as to prevent
the erection of any open wire fence not exceeding 10 feet in height
above ground level anywhere within a public park, public playground
or public school properties. These restrictions shall not be applied
so as to restrict the erection of a wall for the purpose of retaining
earth, provided such wall does not exceed such heights to be measured
from the ground level of the highest adjacent grade.
The following fences and fencing materials are specifically
prohibited: barbed-wire fences, canvas fences, cloth fences, electrically
charged fences or wire fences of less than nine-gauge wire and then
only if there is a top supporting rail, temporary fences such as snow
fences, expendable fences and collapsible fences on any lot, except
where in the case of snow fences, they are erected by an appropriate
states, county or local body. All front yard fences must be "open"
fences consisting of at least 50% open area, not including any open
area between the bottom of the fence and the ground.
Every fence or wall shall be maintained in a safe, sound, upright
condition and in accordance with the approved site plan on file with
the Building Inspector if there be one and the Township building maintenance
code.
All fences or walls must be erected within the property lines
and no fences shall be erected so as to encroach upon a public right-of-way.
If the construction official, upon inspection, determines that
any fence or wall or portion thereof is not being maintained in a
safe, sound upright condition, he shall notify the owner of such fence
in writing of his findings and state briefly the reasons for such
findings and order such fence or wall or portion of same to be repaired
or removed within 10 days from the date of the written notice. Every
day the person shall fail to obey the order referred to above shall
constitute a separate violation of this chapter.
No fence, wall, fence-like or wall-like structure shall be erected
on a lot which abuts on more than one roadway closer to the roadway
than the front or side building line. Each side and front building
line shall be projected to create a line perpendicular to a side or
rear property line and no fence may be constructed closer to a roadway
than the line so created.
All fence posts, supporting members or ledgers shall be on the
inside of the fence and not visible upon viewing the property from
an adjacent property or the roadway.
Nothing heretofore withstanding, no fence shall be constructed
in front of a front building line in a residential district or on
a lot used for residential purposes in any other zone which is greater
in height than four feet.
All fences around swimming pools shall be governed by §
460-12 of the Code of the Township of Edgewater Park.
All fencing of water collection areas, drainage ponds or similar water holes shall be in accordance with Chapter
244, Fences, Article
I, Water Collection Areas, of the Code of the Township of Edgewater Park.