[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Plandome Manor 1-11-2006 by L.L. No. 18-2005 (Ch. 88 of the 2005 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
All fences within the Village of Plandome Manor
shall conform to the following requirements:
A.
No fences shall be erected in a front yard on any
property in the Village.
B.
Corner lots or lots fronting on two or more streets shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to have a front yard in any yard or part thereof adjoining a street, whether public or private, and with respect to any such yard there must be full compliance with the provisions of Subsection A hereof.
C.
Fences shall be constructed with a finished side facing
any abutting private property or street.
D.
All fences shall be maintained in a sound structural
condition and in good repair.
E.
The term "fences" as used in this section shall include
walls of all types and materials except retaining walls.
F.
All compost piles shall be screened with a solid fence
no less than four feet high, and no compost pile shall be within 15
feet of a property line.
G.
Notwithstanding anything hereinabove contained to
the contrary, and without limitation upon any other provision of this
Code limiting the height of fences, fences erected hereunder shall
not exceed a height of four feet from the existing grade at the base
thereof.
No person shall erect or maintain or cause or
allow to be erected any barbed wire or similar fence or fences in
which barbed or similar wire is used on any premises within the Village
of Plandome Manor.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to erect, construct
or alter any fence within the Village of Plandome Manor until an application
for such fence shall have been submitted to and approved by the Building
Inspector and a written permit issued therefor by him pursuant to
the provisions of the Building Code of the Village of Plandome Manor.[1] It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of a lot
or premises within the Village of Plandome Manor to permit a fence
(or any portion thereof) to remain on such lot or premises for more
than three months from and after the date on which the permit for
said fence was issued by the Building Inspector unless a certificate
of completion for said fence shall have been issued by the Building
Inspector. The Building Inspector shall not issue a certificate of
completion unless he shall first receive from the applicant a survey
from an engineer or surveyor licensed to practice in the State of
New York locating the fence on the lot and indicating the height of
the fence.[2]
Any variance in and to this chapter, together with the application for the erection and maintenance of a fence, must be submitted to the Board of Zoning Appeals under the powers delegated to it under Village Law, its regulations and the provisions of Chapter 88 of the Village Code.
All height requirements herein shall apply to
natural elevation of the grade as of the date of enactment of this
chapter.
