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Planning commission refines fence ordinance language; asks staff for definitions and keeps masonry option for commercial-residential boundaries
Summary
Commissioners discussed definitions for ‘site obscuring’ and related fence categories, debated masonry requirements and agreed to ask staff to return with draft definitions and edits. The commission signaled support for a minimum 6-foot fence where a more intensive use borders residential property and decided to prepare the draft for a future
The Planning and Zoning Commission continued its review of a proposed rewrite of the fence ordinance on Aug. 20, 2025, asking staff to draft clear definitions for three categories of fence treatment and leaving a masonry option in the draft for commercial-residential boundaries.
Why it matters: fence standards affect privacy, noise buffering and property values; they also shift construction costs to developers or property owners and can be the source of neighbor disputes.
What the commission discussed and decided: - Definitions requested: staff was asked to prepare three distinct definitions for use in the code: non-obscuring (visibility-preserving), site-obscuring and opaque/high-screen (very low openness). Commissioners discussed example thresholds expressed as percent openness per square foot (for example, allowing no more than 5% or 10% open area in an opaque screen), and asked that language be measurable so it can be applied…
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