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Stanton council approves temporary security-fence program for commercial properties
Summary
The Stanton City Council approved a temporary security-fencing program allowing limited fencing within front setbacks for qualifying commercial properties, with an amended eligibility test and an 18-month maximum approval period from issuance of the building permit.
Stanton — The Stanton City Council on a 3–0 vote with two abstentions approved a temporary security-fence program allowing specially conditioned fencing within commercial front setbacks to help vacant or vulnerable properties secure themselves while owners seek tenants or redevelopment.
Staff told the council the code review began after the board requested options to let commercial property owners better secure vacant or underutilized properties. Crystal, community development director, told the council that current rules allow a maximum fence height of 42 inches within the five-foot front setback and six feet elsewhere, and that the proposed temporary program would permit up to six-foot decorative (wrought-iron/tubular) fencing within the setback for eligible properties when accompanied by a permitting process.
Council members debated eligibility, aesthetics and enforcement. Crystal said the temporary fences would be allowed “for up to 1 year while the property owner attempts to occupy or redevelop the property,” with a…
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