Chapter 15.12
FENCES
Sections:
15.12.010 Inspection required.
15.12.020 Height limitations--Generally.
15.12.030 Height limitations--Class 1 single-family district.
15.12.040 Height limitations--Class 3 commercial zone.
15.12.010 Inspection required.
Any person constructing or changing a fence in the city so as to require it to be inspected, shall at the time such inspection is requested, pay to the city the sum of fifteen dollars.
(Ord. 395 § 1, 1975)
15.12.020 Height limitations--Generally.
It is unlawful for any person hereafter to construct a fence or freestanding wall, or to grow or maintain a hedge on, along or parallel with a property line in violation of the height limitations imposed by this chapter. The limitations in Class 1 single-family dwelling districts, Class 2 multiple-family dwelling districts and in other zoning classifications, all as defined in the city zoning ordinance, shall be as set forth in this chapter.
(Ord. 383 § 2, 1974)
15.12.030 Height limitations--Class 1 single-family district.
Height limitations in Class 1 single-family dwelling district are as follows:
A. The maximum height of fences or hedges hereinafter grown or constructed or maintained on or along sidelines from a point opposite the nearest front corner of the main structure to the street line shall be four feet; provided, that no fence or hedge along the side lot line and within twenty feet of the street line, shall be permitted in excess of four feet.
B. The maximum height for fences or hedges along the front lot line shall be four feet.
C. The maximum height for fences along the side lot lines from a point opposite the nearest front corner of the main structure to the back lot line shall be six feet. The maximum height of fences hereinafter constructed on or along the back property line shall be six feet.
(Ord. 383 § 3, 1974)
15.12.040 Height limitations--Class 3 commercial zone.
The maximum height for fences in commercial zone Class 3 shall be six feet. The maximum height for fences in the industrial zone Class 4 shall be eight feet. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section in the case of dangerous or hazardous industrial uses, fencing of the premises to a height in excess of the height limitations hereinabove contained may be required if the council, in its discretion, determines that the public safety and welfare so requires. In any such event, the fence shall be constructed of woven wire, or chain link, with not more than two strands of barbed wire permitted thereon, or of such other type as approved by the council. Barbed wire shall not be permitted within six feet of the ground level.
(Ord. 383 § 4, 1974)
15.12.050 Violation--Penalty.
Violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punished upon conviction by a fine pursuant to Section 1.20.020 of this code. Upon discovering the violation of this chapter, it shall be the duty of any police officer, or the building inspector of the city, to give written notice of the violation to the person in possession and control of the premises on which the offending fence or hedge exists, or is to be constructed, with the demand that the same be forthwith made to conform to this chapter. Upon receiving such notice, the person responsible for the structure, or hedge, shall be deemed to be guilty of a separate offense for each day during which the fence or hedge shall thereafter be permitted to exist in violation of this chapter.
(Ord. 897 § 3, 2008: Ord. 383 § 5, 1974)