§ 80-5. Construction specifications.

A. 

The fence shall be erected one inch off the lot line, unless the fence abuts a City sidewalk, at which location the fence shall be at least 12 inches from the edge of the sidewalk. A privacy fence erected alongside of an existing fence shall be placed six inches from the existing fence and shall not be attached to the existing fence.

B. 

Wood fence standards. Wooden fences having one finished side shall have the exposed fence parts and posts facing inward with the finished side of the fence facing outward unless otherwise approved by the City Administrator. There shall not be more than two inches separating the bottom of the fence board and the surface of the ground. The height of the fence shall be determined by the zoning district in which the fence is constructed.

C. 

Chain link standards. No chain link fence shall be constructed at a height greater than allowed in the Zoning Code. Welded wire fences are strictly prohibited unless utilized in conjunction with the approved fencing operator. Chain link fences shall not incorporate slates or other obscuring materials, except for green or blank solid fabric privacy screens or windscreens surrounding industrial-type uses.

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Editor's Note: See Ch. 270, Zoning.

D. 

Spikes and pointed objects. No person shall erect or maintain on or about the stairway to the entrance of any building, on or about its exterior building line, or upon fences, or upon any portion of the sidewalk adjacent to such building, any railing, fence, guard or other projection on which there shall be affixed or placed, or in any manner attached, any spike, nail, broken glass or other sharp pointed instrument of any kind or description.

E. 

Barbed wire.

(1) 

No person shall construct or maintain a barbed wire fence, partially or wholly around any area in any street, avenue, alley, lane or public space, or nail barbed wire or cause it to be nailed or fastened in any form, shape or manner upon fences.

(2) 

No person shall construct a barbed wire fence or use barbed wire in a residential district.

(3) 

Commercial or industrial districts may have fences six feet high with barbed wire attached to arms or brackets inward over the private property of the person erecting and paying for such fence, but no such barbed wire shall be placed at a point nearer to the ground than six feet. The arms for barbed wire on six-foot fences may be placed only on lot lines of industrial or business property.

(4) 

When industrial or business property adjoins residential property or municipal property, the arms shall project over the industrial side of the line unless the fence is moved back from the line so that the top ends of barbed wire arms or brackets do not project over the property line.

F. 

Ornamental fences; hedges. Ornamental fences may be built to a height a permitted in the Zoning Ordinance and shall be built wholly upon the builder's property, unless otherwise agreed by the adjoining landowners. Hedges or other means of designating lot lines shall be regulated in the same manner as fences.

[2]:

Editor's Note: See Ch. 270, Zoning.