In any residential district or along the common boundary between
any residential or nonresidential district where a wall, fence, or
screening separation is erected, the following standards for height
and design shall be observed:
(1) Height
of fence or wall.
(A) Any fence or wall erected on the side property line and located to the rear of the minimum required front yard as determined by the provisions of Section
14-7-5 shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height above the adjacent grade. Interior fences in commercial or industrial districts erected on or behind the required front, side or rear yard line shall be subject to the same height restrictions as buildings in the specified districts in which the fence is located.
(B) Any fence or wall in residential districts erected on the property line across the front of the lot shall not exceed four (4) feet in height above the adjacent grade except as provided in Sections
14-7-6(m) and (n) and such fence may be increased in height one (1) foot for each six (6) feet it is set back from the property line to a maximum of eight (8) feet. The height of the fence shall be referenced to the highest adjacent grade.
(C) No fence, screen, wall, tree, or shrub planting or other visual barrier
shall be located, placed, or maintained in such a manner as to obstruct
the vision of a motor vehicle driver approaching any street intersection.
At all street intersections clear vision shall be maintained across
the lot for a distance of twenty (20) feet back from an existing property
corner or from a projected property corner along both intersecting
streets.
(2) Materials
used for fence.
(A) New or replacement fences must be constructed of standard fencing
materials and may not be constructed of scrap metal, plywood, or other
nonstandard fencing materials.
(B) The use of razor wire, barbed wire, and similar materials are:
(i) Prohibited within residential zoning, except for agricultural or
related uses.
(ii) Prohibited within nonresidential zoning within the front yard (see section
14-7-5) and in side (see section
14-7-7) or rear (see section
14-7-9) where adjacent to residential zoning, except for agricultural relates uses or in heavy commercial or industrial zoning districts (see section
14-1-3).
(C) A fence may not be repaired with materials other than those from
which a fence may be constructed.
(3) Maintenance.
Fences and walls must be maintained in a safe and well-kept
manner.
(Ordinance 2019-13 adopted 4/9/19; Ordinance 2020-08 adopted 3/10/20; Ordinance
2020-21 adopted 7/14/20)
(a) Any
screening wall or fence required under the provisions of the planned
development district shall be constructed of masonry or with a concrete
or metal frame supporting a permanent type wall or fence material
which does not contain openings constituting more than forty (40)
square inches in each one (1) square foot of wall or fence surface
and the surface of such wall or fence shall constitute a visual barrier.
All wall or fence openings shall be equipped with gates equal in height
and screening characteristics to the wall or fence.
(b) No open storage of commodities, materials or equipment for sale or display shall be permitted in any residential or office district. All commodities and materials offered for sale and displayed in the open in the R-1, LC, CB-1, CB-2, LI or PD-I districts shall be located back of the minimum required front yard line. In the NS and R districts, no open storage operation shall be permitted except as an accessory use and all such open storage operations shall be located behind the main building and screened with a visual barrier as herein prescribed except for temporary sales as defined by section
14-19-1(a)(144).
(Ordinance 2019-13 adopted 4/9/19; Ordinance 2020-08 adopted 3/10/20)