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 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 58. ZONING DISTRICTS AND USES
 Part 5. ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES
 Appendix 5B. SPECIFIC ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES
 Appendix 5. FENCES AND WALLS

  § 58.929. Height.  

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  • Office and Residential Districts. Walls and fences erected on all building sites shall be in accordance with the following criteria:

    (a)

    Required Front Yards and Street Side Yards on Reverse Corner Lots: Shall not exceed 4 feet in height except where the property is contiguous to a commercial or industrial use in which case higher fencing shall be permitted along the common property line in accordance with the bufferyard requirements of Chapter 60.

    (b)

    Required Street Side Yards Except Reverse Corner Lots: Shall not exceed 6 ft. in height, except where the property is contiguous to a commercial or industrial use in which case higher fencing shall be permitted along the common property line in accordance with the bufferyard requirements of Chapter 60.

    (c)

    Multifamily developments having a building site area of at least 5 acres and street frontage of at least 200 ft. shall be permitted fences and walls 6 ft. in height in required front and street side yards.

    (d)

    Required Side and Rear Yards: Shall not exceed 6 feet in height—except where the property is contiguous to a commercial or industrial use in which case higher fencing shall be permitted along the common property line in accordance with the bufferyard requirements of Chapter 60.

    (e)

    All fences located adjacent to water bodies shall not extend into such water body beyond the normal high water elevation as determined in Chapter 63, Part 2I, Sections 63.281 to 63.283.

    Commercial and Industrial Districts. Walls and fences erected on all building sites shall be in accordance with the following criteria, provided that barbed wire may also be placed on top of such fences or walls in accordance with the requirements of Section 58.930 (below):

    (a)

    Required Front and Street Side Yards: Shall not exceed 6 feet in height.

    (b)

    Required Side and Rear Yards: Shall not exceed 8 feet in height.

    (c)

    All fences located adjacent to water bodies shall not extend into such water body beyond the normal high water elevation as determined in Chapter 63, Part 2I, Sections 63.281 to 63.283.

    Crime Prevention Fencing. The height requirements of this Section for commercial and industrial fences may be exceeded by two feet where an approved Crime Prevention Through Environment Design (CPTED) fence is installed. An approved CPTED fence shall be a wrought iron or wrought iron-type fence. No barbed wire may be used with a CPTED fence.

    Pillars and Posts. Pillars and posts may extend up to 12 inches above the height limitations of this Section, provided such pillars and posts are no less than 10 feet apart.

    Measurement of Height. All heights shall be measured from the established normal building site grade.

(Ord. of 9-16-1991, Doc. #25094; Ord. of 4-20-1992, Doc. #25633; Ord. of 7-26-1993, Doc. #26769; Ord. of 5-20-1996, Doc. #29361; Ord. No. 2010-33, § 2, 8-30-2010, Doc. #1008301102)