Chapter 17.76 FENCES, WALLS AND HEDGES

17.76.010 Location--Height.

17.76.020 Exemption by conditional use permit.

17.76.030 Intersection height restriction.

17.76.040 Reverse corner lots.

17.76.050 Nonresidential zone abutting residential.

17.76.060 Material.

17.76.070 School fences--Conditional use-- Variance.


17.76.010 Location--Height.

Fences, hedges (including all screen plantings) and walls may be erected in all zones as follows:
A. Residential Zones. Fences, hedges (including all screen plantings) and walls may be erected to a height not exceeding six (6) feet in the following locations:
1. Along or inside the rear lot line;
2. Along or inside an interior side lot line to the rear of the front yard setback;
3. On a corner lot:
a. Along or inside the rear lot line,
b. Along or inside the street side lot line, but only in the area to the rear of the front yard setback;
4. On a reverse corner lot, from the rear of the main building to the rear lot line along or inside the line that forms the interior boundary of the street side setback.
B. Nonresidential Zones. Fences, hedges, (including all screen plantings) and walls may be erected to height not exceeding eight feet in the following locations:
1. Along or inside the rear lot line;
2. Along or inside an interior side lot line to the rear of the front yard setback;
3. On a corner lot:
a. Along or inside the rear lot line,
b. Along or inside the side lot. (Ord. 445 § 1, 1981: Ord. 336 § 7.02.060(a), 1977).

17.76.020 Exemption by conditional use permit.

The height limits specified in Sections 17.76.010 and 17.76.040 may be exceeded when authorized by conditional use permit. (Ord. 336 § 7.02.060(c), 1977).

17.76.030 Intersection height restriction.

A. Notwithstanding Sections 17.76.010, 17.76.020 and 17.76.040, no fence, hedge or wall may be erected:
1. To a height exceeding thirty inches above the nearest traveled roadway at any corner formed by intersecting public streets in the triangular area between the street right-of-way lines and a diagonal line joining points on the right-of-way lines forty feet from the point of their intersection, or, in the case of rounded corners, the triangular area between the tangents to the curve of a diagonal line joining points on the tangent forty feet from the point of their intersection. The tangents referred to are those at the beginning and the end of the curve at the corner.
2. To a height exceeding thirty inches above the nearest traveled roadway at the intersection of any private driveway or public alley with a public street in the triangular area formed by the edge of the driveway or alley, the street right-of-way line, and a line connecting two points, one of which is on the right-of-way line forty feet from the edge of the driveway or alley and the other of which is on the edge of the driveway or alley twelve and one-half feet back of the right-of-way line measured perpendicular to the right-of-way line in a direction away from the street.
B. For purposes of this section, the right-of-way line is deemed to be the back edge of the sidewalk, or if none, the back edge of the curb, or if none, the outside edge of the area dedicated to the public for road purposes. (Ord. 336 § 7.02.060(d), 1977).

17.76.040 Reverse corner lots.

Fences, hedges (including all screen plantings) and walls may be erected to a height not exceeding thirty-six inches in any front yard setback or any street side setback on a reverse corner lot in all zones, except that in the RE and RA zones a nonsolid fence designed to enclose animals may be erected to a height of six feet. (Ord. 336 § 7.02.060(b), 1977).

17.76.050 Nonresidential zone abutting residential.

Notwithstanding Section 17.76.010, where a commercial or industrial zone abuts a residential zone or any street frontage, no fence or wall shall exceed six feet in height except as

authorized by a conditional use permit. (Ord. 445 § 2 (part), 1981: Ord. 336 § 7.02.060(i), 1977).

17.76.060 Material.

Fences and walls may be constructed of:
A. Wood;
B. Masonry;
C. Chain link (with or without slats);
D. Wire (including barbed wire), in the RE and RA zones only;
E. Such other material as may be approved by the planning director. (Ord. 336 § 7.02.060(e), 1977).

17.76.070 School fences--Conditional use-- Variance.

Nothing in this section shall be read:
A. To prohibit the planning commission or council from imposing different requirements for fencing in connection with the approval of a conditional use permit or variance;
B. To restrict fencing around any public school deemed necessary by the board of education of the school district in which the school is located. (Ord. 336 § 7.02.060(h), 1977).