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a. Nonlakeshore lots. <br />1. Fences and walls within a required front yard or side street yard shall not <br />exceed a height of 42 inches above original grade. <br />2. Fences and walls within a required rear or side yard shall not exceed a height <br />of six feet above original grade. <br />b. Lakeshore lots. <br />1. Fences within the required street (rear) yard or side street yard of a lakeshore <br />lot shall not exceed 42 inches above original grade. Exception: A fence not <br />exceeding six feet in height may be located along the street lot line of a lake <br />frontage lot which abuts a major thoroughfare. A major thoroughfare for <br />purposes of this section means any county road or state highway. If such <br />fence involves fill or berming, the total combined height of both fence and fill <br />shall not exceed six feet above the height of the crown of the major <br />thoroughfare. <br />2. Fences within the required side yard of a lakeshore lot shall not exceed six <br />feet in height, and any portion located lakeward of the average lakeshore <br />setback line shall not exceed 42 inches in height. The term "average <br />lakeshore setback line" means a line drawn between the most lakeward <br />projection of the fence owner's principal residence structure and the most <br />lakeward projection of the adjacent affected principal residence structure. <br />3. Fences shall not be constructed within the defined lakeshore yard of a <br />lakeshore lot, i.e., shall not be located within 75 feet of the shoreline for <br />general development lakes, 100 feet for recreational lakes, or 150 feet for <br />natural environment lakes. <br />c. Special provisions. Split rail fences of no more than three rails within a required <br />front, street or side street yard may have a maximum top rail height of 48 inches <br />above original grade. Board rail fences within a front, street or side street yard for <br />the specific purpose of enclosing permitted domestic animals may have a top rail <br />height of 60 inches and shall be no more than 50 percent opaque. <br />d. Intersection sightline obstruction prohibited. No fence shall be installed so as to <br />obstruct a required clear view at street intersections as required by section 78- <br />1371 <br />e. Fence construction and maintenance. <br />1. The owner of a fence shall maintain it in a condition of reasonable repair and <br />appearance and shall not allow it to become or remain in disrepair or in a <br />dangerous condition. <br />2. Fences shall be installed with the finished side facing neighboring properties <br />or the street. The term "finished side" means that side having no structural <br />supports. <br />(8) Entrance monuments, defined for the purpose of this section as a nearly permanent <br />physical structure or object, natural or artificial, used to depict an entrance to the <br />property, erected in all residential zoning districts are considered nonencroachments <br />when they conform with the following standards: