[Amended by Ord. No. 17-86]
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.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original Chapter 16.54, Environmental Impact Statement, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 11-16-2006 by Ord. No. 18-2006.