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"nor shall a fence or wall consiructcd within a rear yard exceed a height of 6 feet above <br />original grade/* <br />And shall read as follows: <br />"Rear yard only; balconies, bree/eways. detached outdoor picnic shelters and recreational <br />equipment except as regulated hereinafter; no accessory structure shall be closer than 5 feel <br />from a rear lot line.” <br />Section 4. Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.03, Subdivision ' 5 (F) is hereby amended by deleting <br />the following language: <br />"nor shall a fence or wall constructed within a side yard e.xceed a height of 6 feet above <br />original grade.” <br />And shall read as follows: <br />"Side yards only; no accessory structure shall be closer than 10 feet from any side lot line.” <br />Section 5. Municipal Zoning Code Section 10.03. Subdivision 15 (G) is hereby added by the <br />following language: <br />"G. Fences. Fences erected in al zoning districts are considered as a non-encroachment <br />when they conform to the foIK)wing standards: <br />1. Non-Lakeshorc Lots: <br />a. Fences and walls within a required front yard or side street yard shall not <br />exceed a height of 42 inches above original grade. <br />b. Fences and walls w ithin a required rear or side yard shall not exceed a <br />height of 6 feet above original grade. <br />2. Lakeshorc Lots: <br />a. Fences within the required street (rear) yard or side street yard of a <br />lakcshore lot shall not exceed 42 inches above original grade. E.xception: A fence not exceeding 6 <br />feet in height may be located along the street lot line of a lake frontage lot which abuts a major <br />thoroughfare. A major thoroughfare for purposes of this ordinance means any Hennepin County <br />road or State highway. If such fence involves fill or bemiing. the total combined height of both fence <br />and fill shall not e.xceed 6 fc'ct above the height of the crown of the major thoroughfare. <br />b. Fences within the required side yard of a lakeshorc lot shall not exceed 6 <br />feet in height, and any portion located lakeward of the "average lakeshore setback line” shall not <br />exceed 42 inches in height. The "average lakeshore setback line” is a line drawn between the most <br />lakeward projection of the fence owner ’s principal residence structure and the most lakeward <br />projection of the adjacent affected principal residence structure.