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Planning commission backs 6‑foot front-yard standard near residences, extends 6‑to‑6/6 allowance for most light‑industrial parcels
Summary
The commission recommended that City Council allow fences up to 6 feet in designated light‑industrial districts citywide but added a carve‑out keeping a 4‑foot front‑yard limit where those properties abut or face zones that allow residential uses. The motion passed 5–3.
The Planning Commission on Aug. 13 voted to forward a text amendment to City Council expanding a prior allowance for taller front-yard fences in the M1 and the newly created M1A light‑industrial zoning districts — but with a condition that properties abutting or facing any zone that permits residential uses keep front-yard fences at 4 feet.
Planner Diana (staff) explained the proposal would replicate an allowance…
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