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<br /> <br /> <br /> Created: 2025-07-31 14:51:32 [EST] <br /> <br />Page 18 of 19 <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. The term "winter <br />conditions" means 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 di stricts 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 />b. The monument must be setback a minimum of five feet from all property boundaries and never <br />fewer than ten feet from the edge of the paved, traveled roadway; <br />c. Plans and/or elevation views of the proposed monuments are required to be submitted for <br />approval by the planning director; <br />d. All signage proposed for the monuments must comply with article X, division 4 of this chapter; <br />e. The monuments are limited to eight feet in height, including any appurtenances. Any monument <br />exceeding the maximum height must meet principal structure setback requirements; <br />252