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NON-ENCROACHAIENTS SECTION: Revisions to Fence Provisions <br />Subd. 15. Non-Encroachmcnls. The following shall not be considered to be <br />encroachments on yard requirements: <br />A. Chimneys, flues, belt courses, leaders, sills, pilasters, lintels, ornamental <br />features, mechanical devices, cornices, eaves, gutters and the like, provided they do not extend more <br />than 1-1/2 feet, off-street parking except as hereinafter regulated. <br />B. Name plate signs for one family dwellings; lights for illuminating parking <br />areas, loading areas or yards for safety and security purposes, provided the direct source of light is <br />not visible finrn the public right-of-way or adjacent residential property may be located to within five <br />feet of the front lot line. <br />C. wluwli do iiot j-\l^ feet in height, fences iiot'over6 feet ui <br />height along tlu street lot line of lake frontage lots which front on a major thoroughfare, if fHHs <br />required; the total combined heiglu of botli fence and fi» shall net excee d 6 feet afacn-e the heiglit of <br />the erewn of the road; tj[errices, steps, uncovered porches, stoops or similar structures, which do <br />not extend above the height of the ground floor level of the principal building and extend to a <br />distance of not less than 2 feet from any lot line. <br />D. In side or rear yards only, bays not to exceed a depth of 2 feet nor to <br />contain an area of more than 20 square feet, fire escapes not to exceed a width of 3 feet, fences and <br />walls not to exceed tt faei^t of 6 feet above migiital grade and open off-street parking ex cept for <br />lakcshorc lots, no fcricc or wall 42 inches but not ui excess of 72 inches in hcigiit above original <br />g«aJw iuay Ik. located closer to the shoiclme tiuui tlie average distance from the shoreline of e.xisting <br />ivStdciKC buildings on adjacent lots, such fences shall not be constiuctcd within 75 feet of tiie <br />shordtne* <br />Course. Orduiancc 9,'2nd Senes <br />Adopted; 1»2 8»85 <br />E. Rear >’ard only; balconies, breezeways, detached outdoor picnic shelters <br />and recreational equipment except as regulated hereinafter, no accessory structure shall be closer <br />than 5 feet from a rear lot line norshall a fence or w all constructed within a rear yard e.icecd a htiglit <br />of fi feet abov^ oiigiiial giade. <br />F. Side yards only; no accessory structure shall be closer than 10 feet from any <br />side lot line nor shall a fence or wall constructLd within a side }‘ard ex c A a height of 6 feet above <br />oiigmal grade. <br />:. OidinjLiice 0,2nd Sene^WVUl <br />Adopted: I'JS ’eS