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MOUND ORDINANCE NO. 465 AN ORDINANCE CHANGING THE FENCE ORDINANCE A14D ADDING ORDINANCE AS SECTION 23.415 OF THE CITY CODE ENTITLED "FENCES"; REPEALING CERTAIN CITY ORDINANCE SECTIO14S 23.407(6) AND 55.17 THE CITY OF MOU14D DOES ORDAIN: Section 23.415 is added to Chapter 23 and Sections 23.407(6) and 55.17 are repealed: 23.415 Fences Fencing shall be permitted in all zones subject to the following: (1) No person, firm or corporation shall erect, construct or place any fence without first making an application for and securing a building permit. The building official may require fence permit applicants to establish property boundary lines by a survey completed by a registered land sur- veyor. In all cases, the City of Mound shall not be liable for the establishment or definition of property lines. (2) Electric fences and barbed wire fences are prohibited except that barbed wire may be used in the commercial and industrial districts as an anti - vaulting measure on top of a fence which equals 6 feet in height. In such cases, barbed wire shall not exceed the height of 1 foot above the top of the fence. (3) All fences shall be constructed of durable, weather resistant materials and properly anchored. Every fence shall be maintained in a condition of reasonable repair and shall not be allowed to become and remain in a condition of disrepair, danger or constitute a nuisance. Fences in a state of disrepair or deemed to be a nuisance may be abated by the City by proceedings taken under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 429, and the cost of abatement, including administration expenses, may be levied as a special assessment against the property upon which the fence is located. (4) In resident;al and commercial districts, chain link fences and wooden fences, constructed from commercially available materials, shall be per- mitted. Wooden fences shall not be constructed from twigs, branches, doors, siding or other wooden products originally intended for other purposes. Wood and chain link fences shall be subject to the following restrictions: a. Front yard fences may be solid or open and shall not exceed forty- eight (48) inches in height. b. Rear and side yard fences located behind the front yard setback line may be solid or open and shall not exceed seventy-two (72) inches in height. C. Fences on or adjacent to the shore line of any navigable lake, channel or stream shall not exceed thirty-six (36) inches in height. Fences on or along that portion of a side lot line from a navigable lake, channel or stream to the near side of the average building construction line shall not exceed thirty-six (36) inches in height.