[Ord. No. 19-2020, 6-8-2020; amended 7-22-2024 by Ord. No. 16-2024]
This division applies to all fences and walls. See § 90-430.70 for the specifications governing fences and walls used to satisfy the landscape and screening regulations of Division 90-430.
[Ord. No. 19-2020, 6-8-2020; amended 7-22-2024 by Ord. No. 16-2024]
(a) 
Fences and walls may not encroach upon public property or rights-of-way.
(b) 
Solid or opaque fences and walls may not violate the intersection visibility regulations of Division 90-437.
[Ord. No. 19-2020, 6-8-2020; amended 7-22-2024 by Ord. No. 16-2024]
(a) 
All fences' finished or more aesthetically pleasing sides must face the adjacent neighbor, public right-of-way, or Village-approved private drive.
(b) 
Shrubs, coniferous trees, or hedges planted to function as an opaque fence or wall are subject to the applicable fence and wall height regulations of this division.
(c) 
Fence heights are measured per § 90-610.160.
[Ord. No. 19-2020, 6-8-2020; amended 7-22-2024 by Ord. No. 16-2024]
(a) 
Fences and walls in the front yard of a lot in an R District may not exceed three and one-half feet in height.
(b) 
On corner lots, only one street yard qualifies as a front yard for purposes of this division.
(c) 
Fences or walls erected along the interior side lot line, in the interior side yard between abutting properties, along the rear lot line, or in the rear yard, may not exceed six feet in height.
[Ord. No. 19-2020, 6-8-2020; amended 4-25-2022 by Ord. No. 17-2022; 7-22-2024 by Ord. No. 16-2024]
(a) 
Unless otherwise expressly stated in this zoning chapter, fences, walls, screens, and retaining walls may be constructed of wood, masonry, concrete, wrought iron, or chain-link. The Community Development Director is authorized to approve the use of alternative materials, provided that the material is equivalent to the above-prescribed materials in suitability, strength, and durability.
(b) 
No electrified, barbed wire, razor wire, or any other type of fence designed to cause bodily harm is allowed in any district except:
(1) 
The Community Development Director is authorized to approve such fencing in A2, C-4, C-5, or P-2 Districts, subject to administrative site plan approval.
(2) 
For this division, considering Wis. Stats. 66.0440, the Village designates any property zoned RE, RL, RM, RH, MX, C-1, C-2, or C-3 containing dwelling units or any property, including where current residential use is a nonconforming use, whose current primary use is residential as determined by the Village Assessor or the Community Development Director as an "exclusively residential use."