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<br /> <br /> <br /> Created: 2024-07-18 07:35:53 [EST] <br />(Supp. No. 21, Update 3) <br /> <br />Page 25 of 41 <br />Drawing: Fence Height Measurement <br />on Sloped Site <br /> <br /> <br />a. Nonlakeshore lots. <br />1. Fences and walls within a required front yard or side street yard shall not exceed a height <br />of 42 inches above existing ground level. <br />2. Fences and walls within a required rear or side yard shall not exceed a height of six feet <br />above existing ground level. <br />b. Lakeshore lots. <br />1. Fences within the required street (rear) yard or side street yard of a lakeshore lot shall not <br />exceed 42 inches above existing ground level. Exception: A fence not exceeding six feet in <br />height may be located along the street lot line, and within the rear street setback of a lake <br />frontage lot which abuts a major thoroughfare. A major thoroughfare for purposes of this <br />section means any county road or state highway. If such fence involves fill or berming, the <br />total combined height of both fence and fill shall not exceed six feet above the height of <br />the crown of the major thoroughfare. <br />2. Fences within the required side yard of a lakeshore lot shall not exceed six feet in height, <br />and shall not exceed 42 inches in height for any portion located lakeward of a line drawn <br />between the most lakeward projection of the fence owner's principal residence structure <br />and the most lakeward projection of the principal residence structure on the adjacent <br />property abutting the side yard in which the fence is located. <br />3. Fences shall not be constructed within the defined lakeshore yard of a lakeshore lot, i.e., <br />shall not be located within 75 feet of the shoreline for general development lakes, 100 feet <br />for recreational lakes, or 150 feet for natural environment lakes. <br />4. When the building site of a lakeshore lot is separated from the lakeshore by a public or <br />private road, the following definitions will apply for fence location purposes subject to the <br />provisions of section 78-1405(a)(8)a.2: When the yard on the opposite side of the building <br />site from the lake does not abut a street, such yard shall be considered as a standard rear <br />yard. The yard between the building site and the street shall be considered as a standard <br />front yard. <br />215