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1. The owner of a fence shall maintain it in a condition of reasonable repair and appearance and <br /> 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.The <br /> 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 inspection, <br /> or issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a permitted construction project, or protection of <br /> property during a similar project or winter conditions. Winter conditions shall be defined as <br /> October 15 through March 31 of the following year. Temporary fencing associated with a <br /> special event shall be removed within seven days of the end of such event.Temporary fencing <br /> materials shall not be allowed to remain on a permanent basis on a parcel. <br /> 5. Existing fences that are legal nonconforming as to location, height, design or other <br /> characteristics may be replaced in kind. <br /> (9) Entrance monuments, defined for the purpose of this section as a nearly permanent physical structure or <br /> object, natural or artificial, used to depict an entrance to the property, erected in all residential zoning <br /> 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 single <br /> pillar with a footprint measuring no larger than 25 square feet and no length to exceed five 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 approval <br /> by the planning director; <br /> d. All signage proposed for the monuments must comply with section 78-1467; <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 /> f. When more than one monument is proposed, and serving two or fewer residences, a minimum <br /> horizontal width of 16 feet is required between them; <br /> g. When more than one monument is proposed, and serving three or more residences, a minimum <br /> horizontal width of 22 feet is required between them; <br /> h. Lighting is allowed, in conformance with section 78-1573 and at the discretion of the planning <br /> director. <br /> i. When a gate is proposed,the following requirements must be met: <br /> 1. The gate must open into the property not outward towards the right-of-way, and <br /> 2. Gates serving two or fewer residences shall have a minimum horizontal width of 14 feet in the <br /> full open position, and <br /> 3. Gates serving three or more residences shall have a minimum horizontal width of 20 feet in the <br /> full open position,and <br /> 4. For all properties, gate height may not exceed the height of the monument, measured from <br /> grade, unless principal structure setbacks are met (if monuments are not proposed then gate <br /> height shall be regulated in accordance with the fence height regulations of section 78-1405(8), <br /> and <br /> 5. Gates must maintain an opacity level of no greater than 25 percent, and <br /> 6. For locked and/or secured gates a knox box, meeting the standards set forth by the police and <br /> fire department, must be provided for emergency access,and <br /> Page 6 <br />