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<br /> <br /> <br /> Created: 2024-07-18 07:35:53 [EST] <br />(Supp. No. 21, Update 3) <br /> <br />Page 26 of 41 <br />c. Special provisions. Split rail fences of no more than three rails within a required front, street or <br />side street yard may have a maximum top rail height of 48 inches above existing ground level. <br />Board rail fences within a front, street or side street yard for the specific purpose of enclosing <br />permitted domestic animals may have a top rail height of 60 inches and shall be no more than 50 <br />percent opaque. <br />d. Intersection sightline obstruction prohibited. No fence shall be installed so as to obstruct a <br />required clear view at street intersections as required by section 78-1371. <br />e. Fence construction and maintenance. <br />1. The owner of a fence shall maintain it in a condition of reasonable repair and appearance <br />and shall not allow it to become or remain in disrepair or in a dangerous condition. <br />2. Fences shall be installed with the finished side facing neighboring properties or the street. <br />The term "finished side" means that side having no structural supports. <br />3. Fencing materials shall consist of permanent all weather products. <br />4. Temporary fencing shall not be allowed to remain on the property following final <br />inspection, or issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a permitted construction project, or <br />protection of property during a similar project or winter conditions. Winter conditions shall <br />be defined as October 15 through March 31 of the following year. Temporary fencing <br />associated with a special event shall be removed within seven days of the end of such <br />event. Temporary fencing materials shall not be allowed to remain on a permanent basis <br />on a parcel. <br />5. Existing fences that are legally nonconforming as to location, height, design, or other <br />characteristics may be replaced in kind. <br />(10) Fence monument, as part of a fence erected in all residential zoning districts are considered as a <br />nonencroachment when it conforms to the following standards: <br />a. Property corners shall be located and identified (staked); <br />b. Fence monuments must be set back a minimum of five feet from all property boundaries and <br />never fewer than ten feet from the edge of the paved, traveled roadway; <br />c. An individual fence monument shall be limited to a maximum footprint of six square feet; <br />d. Fence monuments may not exceed the maximum allowed height of the associated fence, <br />including any appurtenances. Any fence monument exceeding the maximum height must meet <br />accessory structure setbacks for the appropriate district; <br />e. Building permit requirements: <br />1. A building permit is required if footings are proposed; <br />2. Construction plans with footing details are required to be submitted for permit approval; <br />3. If the fence and/or fence monuments exceed six feet in height, a building permit is <br />required. <br />(11) Entrance monuments, defined for the purpose of this section as a nearly permanent physical structure <br />or object, natural or artificial, used to depict an entrance to the property, erected in all residential <br />zoning districts are considered nonencroachments when they conform with the following standards: <br />a. Each monument, with a maximum of two per approved driveway access, shall be limited to a <br />single pillar with a footprint measuring no larger than 25 square feet and no length to exceed five <br />feet; <br />216