Borough of Hamburg, NJ
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2024-04-01
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 215 Zoning
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Article XVIII Fences and Walls
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 2 Action on Offenses
- Ch 6 Borough Council
- Ch 9 Court, Municipal
- Ch 16 Environmental Commission
- Ch 20 Fire Department
- Ch 23 Board of Health
- Ch 28 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 32 Municipal Utilities Authority
- Ch 36 Officers and Employees
- Ch 44 Police Department
- Ch 48 Public Works, Board of
- Ch 51 Purchasing
- Ch 53 Records
- Ch 54 Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 62 Alarms
- Ch 64 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 67 Amusements
- Ch 70 Animals
- Ch 74 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 87 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 92 Checks, Returned
- Ch 98 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 101 Curfew
- Ch 107 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 115 Firearms
- Ch 116 Fire Prevention
- Ch 118 Games of Chance
- Ch 120 Garage Sales
- Ch 127 Indigent Decedents
- Ch 133 Littering
- Ch 136 Loitering
- Ch 142 Noise
- Ch 146 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 148 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 151 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 155 Property Maintenance
- Ch 156 Property Registration Program
- Ch 156A (Reserved)
- Ch 159 Rental Property
- Ch 164 Sewers
- Ch 168 Signs
- Ch 171 Site Plan Review
- Ch 177 Soil Removal
- Ch 180 Solid Waste
- Ch 182 Stormwater Management
- Ch 182A Stormwater Requirements
- Ch 183 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 186 Subdivision of Land
- Ch 190 Swimming Pools
- Ch 193 Taxation
- Ch 197 Towing
- Ch 199 Trailers and Trailer Camps
- Ch 201 Trees
- Ch 203 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 209 Water
- Ch 215 Zoning
- Ch 215 Art XVIII Fences and Walls
- § 215-98 Fences and walls permitted.
- § 215-99 Height at rear.
- § 215-100 Height at side line.
- § 215-101 Height at side line between front line and street.
- § 215-102 Height at front.
- § 215-103 Location.
- § 215-104 Exemptions.
- § 215-105 Combination regulations.
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 219 General Provisions
- Ch 221 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 224 Food-Handling Establishments, Retail
- Ch 227 Food Service Manager Certification
- Ch 228 Nuisances, Public Health
- Appendix
- Ch A236 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A237 Telephone Company Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 8-5-1991]
Fences and walls, including retaining walls,
are permitted with the following restrictions.
Maximum height at the rear of property shall
be eight feet.
Maximum height at the property side line, but
not beyond the front building line, shall be eight feet.
Maximum height at the property side line between
the front building and the street right-of-way line shall be eight
feet.
Maximum height at the front of the property
shall be three feet.
No fence or wall shall be located within 25
feet of the center line of the road right-of-way or closer than five
feet to the edge of said right-of-way, whichever is greater. Retaining
walls may be placed at the edge of the right-of-way line.
Fences which do not obstruct vision for purposes
of traffic safety, where industrial uses are permitted, shall be exempt
from the restriction of this article, except that no fence shall exceed
eight feet in height.
Fences and walls in combination shall not exceed
eight feet in height in the overall from the lowest point of the grade
to the highest point of the fence. Where a fence is placed on top
of a retaining wall, the overall height shall not exceed eight feet
from the lowest point of the grade on the exposed side of the retaining
wall to the highest point on the fence.
