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COUNCIL METING TO: MOyor Butler and City Council CITY OF ORONO FROM: Jeanne A. Mabusth, Zoning Administratuc DATE: January 7, 1985 SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment of Zoning Code - Placing Limitations on Fill, Locations and Height of Privacy Fences Within the City Public Hearing field on October 22, 1984 by the Planning Commission Amendments are proposed to the following sections: 1. Section 10.03, Subdivision 1.5(C) non -encroachment section 2. Section 10.03, Subdivision 9(B) height of accessory building and structures. Section 10.22 Subdivision 1 lakeshore setback rr_gulatlons. 4. Section 10.01, Subdivision 15(D) non -encroachment section. The enclosed ordinance places limitations on the amount of fill allowed in conjunction with the installation of a privacy fence along a major thoroughfare as long as the combined height does not exceed 6 feet above the height of the crown of that roaoway. Limitations are now placed on the height of privacy fences allowed per the accessory structure code. Such privacy fences are limited to 6 feet in height measured at existing grade - no f i l l ing al lowed. Variances wi 1 1 l e sought if there are unique hardships related to a property. The current code places; no realistic height restrictions (except for 30 feet maximum height) Of) i✓acy fences that maintain ac,---ssory structure setbacks in rear, side and Lakeshore yards. ,he Planning Commission unanimously recommmends against the placement of 6 feet privacy fences at the 75 feet lakeshore setback line. They strongly suggest a placement based or the average lakeshore setback of the homes on adjacent lots. The enclosed ordinance has been drafted to include the Planning Commission recommendation. 'f an average setback is established for privacy fence construct-d '0 feet from a side lot line (as an accessory structure), staff recommends also amending the non -encroachment section of the code that allows 6 feat high fences up to the front line of a house on a Iakesh;rf-= lot with no required setbacks from _he side lot line.