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Commissioners debate raising residential fence height and rules for combined walls
Summary
Staff proposed raising allowable side/rear residential fence height from 6 to 7 feet and clarifying how combined retaining-wall-plus-fence heights are measured; commissioners flagged safety, visual, maintenance and consistency concerns and asked staff to refine language for the public hearing draft.
City planning staff proposed increasing the allowed height of fences in residential interior yards to 7 feet and adding clearer rules to measure combined fence-plus-retaining-wall heights, including counting berms in height calculations. The proposal is part of a code maintenance package the commission will take to a public hearing on Sept. 11. Under the draft language, front-yard fences would remain limited to 4 feet;…
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