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Board of Adjustment tables homeowner’s request to raise rear fence at 403 Magnolia Drive
Summary
At its Feb. 26 meeting the Bentonville Board of Adjustment voted to table a homeowner’s request to replace a 6-foot rear fence with an 8-foot cedar fence and asked staff to pursue administrative review under the city’s code rather than grant a variance.
At its Feb. 26 Board of Adjustment meeting, the panel voted to table a variance request from the owner of 403 Magnolia Drive to replace a deteriorating 6-foot rear fence with an 8-foot cedar fence and asked staff to investigate whether the change could be approved administratively under the existing code.
The variance application cites the Land Development Code’s fence and wall requirements (section 1100.06(T)), which caps typical rear-yard fence height at 6 feet. Staff summarized the request as an applicant seeking an 8-foot rear-yard fence “due to privacy concern.”
The homeowner, identified in the record as the applicant, described purchasing the property Nov. 1 and said the existing…
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