A.
All fences may be erected, altered or reconstructed
to a height not exceeding three feet above ground level when located
in any front yard, four feet in any side yard and six feet in any
rear yard. For purposes of this section only, an alleyway will not
be considered a street.
[Amended 2-10-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-4]
B.
All fences must be erected entirely within the property
line. No fence shall be erected within any public right-of-way.
C.
All fences shall be maintained in a safe, sound and
upright condition.
D.
No fence shall be erected that is embedded with or
made of pieces of glass, sharpened metal or sharp or otherwise hazardous
material, nor shall any fence be erected which is intended to wound
or injure persons or animals.
E.
Nothing in this section shall be applied as to restrict
the construction of a retaining wall necessary to retain earth at
the level which it existed at the time of the passage of this chapter.
A.
Where any commercial or industrial property abuts
a residential use or zone, a landscaped buffer strip at least 10 feet
in width shall be permanently maintained along the property line abutting
the residential zone.
B.
In any residential zone all parking areas, exclusive
of the ingress and egress drive, having a capacity of more than four
vehicles shall be screened from adjacent properties by a buffer strip
of at least five feet in width.
C.
Buffer areas shall consist of lawn area and massed
evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs planted in such a manner
that will provide a continuous visual screen throughout the entire
year within a period of two full growing seasons following the planting
of the buffer.
D.
Evergreen and deciduous shrubs shall have a minimum
height of three feet when planted and shall be of varieties which
normally grow to a minimum height of six feet within two full growing
seasons.
E.
Required buffers may be used for no other purpose
than as a buffer. The only structures that may be erected within a
buffer area are fences as elsewhere regulated in this chapter. The
height of shrubs planted in buffer areas shall be measured from the
ground level around the base of the shrub to the top most part of
the shrub, once the shrub has been properly planted in the ground.
All nonpaved areas on properties used for any purpose other than farming
shall be suitably landscaped with trees, shrubs, grass and other landscaping
materials.
F.
Where an area required for a buffer is already wooded,
it shall be left in its natural state, and the existing growth shall
be supplemented with additional plant material where necessary to
bring the buffer area up to the minimum requirements of this chapter.
