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Commission supports moving hedges into landscaping rules but rejects raising backyard fence height to 7 feet
Summary
Planning staff proposed a package of fence and hedge code updates, including moving hedge rules into the landscaping chapter and raising rear-yard fence heights from 6 to 7 feet. The commission approved most changes but voted to retain the 6‑foot rear‑yard maximum; the recommendation will go to City Council.
The Planning Commission on Aug. 13 recommended that City Council adopt a set of updates to Salt Lake City’s fences, walls and hedges rules — including removing hedges from the fences chapter and regulating them under landscaping rules — but the commission declined to raise rear‑yard fence heights to 7 feet, voting instead to keep the existing 6‑foot maximum.
Planner Jason (staff) said the draft ordinance would consolidate redundant residential and nonresidential fence provisions, regulate hedges under the…
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