Chapter 19.73
FENCES, WALLS AND SCREENS
Sections:
19.73.030 Permitted fences, walls and hedges.
19.73.010 Purpose.
The purpose for establishing and maintaining standards for fences, walls, and screening is to protect certain uses from intrusion, to protect the public from uses which may be hazardous, and to increase compatibility of different land uses. [2005 RLDC § 73.010.]
19.73.020 Vision clearance.
On all corner lots and lots located at the intersection of alleys and streets, vision clearance areas shall be triangular in shape with the following minimum distances establishing two legs of the triangle: 15 feet for corner lots and seven and one-half feet for lots at the intersection of alleys and streets. No fences, walls, hedges or vegetation exceeding three feet in height when measured from the edge of the improved roadway may be located within the vision clearance area. [2005 RLDC § 73.020.]
19.73.030 Permitted fences, walls and hedges.
A. In any residential zone, a retaining wall not over four feet in height as measured from the bottom of the footing, and a sight-obscuring fence or wall, not to exceed seven feet in height, may be located or maintained in any interior yard except where the requirements of the vision clearance area, pursuant to JCC 19.73.020, apply:
1. Sight-obscuring fences or walls may be placed on property lines.
2. Fences may be placed on property lines.
B. In any commercial or industrial zone, a retaining wall not over four feet in height as measured from the bottom of the footing, and sight-obscuring fences or walls not to exceed seven feet in height, may be located or maintained in any interior yard except where the requirements of the vision clearance area, pursuant to JCC 19.73.020, apply:
1. Sight-obscuring fences or walls may be placed in front yards provided such fences or walls do not exceed three and one-half feet in height.
2. Fences may be placed on property lines.
C. Composition.
1. Permanent or temporary sight-obscuring fences shall not be constructed of temporary or portable materials such as, but not limited to, root balls, hay bales, junk, appliances, inoperable vehicles or equipment, plastic sheeting, or tarps.
2. If a vegetative screen is allowed by state law and this title, the vegetative screening shall be planted so that when fully grown the canopy is retained solely on the lot with the marijuana production area. The vegetative screening, when mature, must be capable of screening mature marijuana plants/crops within three years of the planting of the vegetative screen. The screen shall be maintained to provide a live vegetative screen of the height required by state law and this title.
3. Shade cloth used for shading of plants is allowed for a temporary period not to exceed three consecutive months, and the shade cloth must be removed at the end of the growing season. [Ord. 2017-001 § 1(4); amended by Planning Director, 10-28-16; 2005 RLDC § 73.030.]