2009-38 AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE - URBAN CORRIDORS - FENCES - NON-CONFORMING USES

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f 1 i t 2. Fences may be located on the property line provided that any post or other stabilizing apparatus shall be located within the property lines of the owner of the fence and shall have the finished side facing outward towards the public. 3. A fifteen (15)foot front yard setback shall be required for all fences in this subsection except those fences located in the B-4 District. 4. The location of the front door or main entrance of a business or main structure shall determine the front yard for purposes of constructing or erecting a fence in an office or commercial district. Any remaining front yards, now classified as a side or rear yard for purposes of erecting a fence, which are located across the street from a residential district or use, there shall be a required evergreen landscaping screen. This evergreen landscaping screen shall be six (6) feet in height at time of planting and shall be located between the fence and the property line. E. FENCES IN INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS 1. Regulations in this subsection shall apply to the M-1 and M-2 zoning districts. 2. Barbed wire, razor wire, electrical fencing, spiked railing or any guard or barricade to which there is attached any pointed instrument, device or thing of any kind or description, designed, intended or liable to injure any person coming on contact therewith shall only be permitted in the M-1 and M-2 Districts except in lots adjacent to designated urban corridors. 3. Barbed wire, razor wire, electrical fencing, spiked railing or any guard or barricade to which there is attached any pointed instrument, device or thing of any kind or description, designed, intended or liable to injure any person coming on contact therewith shall only be permitted at an elevation no less than six (6) feet above grade thereof nearest such device and must be extended inward towards the property enclosed. 4. Fences may be located on the property line provided that any post or other stabilizing apparatus shall be located within the property lines of the owner of the fence and shall have the finished side facing outward towards the public. 5. A fifteen (15)foot front yard setback shall be required for all fences in this subsection. 6. The location of the front door or main entrance of a business or main structure shall determine the front yard for purposes of constructing or erecting a fence in an industrial district. Any remaining front yards, now classified as a side or rear yard for purposes of erecting a fence, which are located across the street from a residential district or use, there shall be a required evergreen landscaping screen. This evergreen landscaping screen shall be six (6) feet in height at time of planting and shall be located between the fence and the property line.