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San Angelo council approves fence exception for public and private school campuses, excludes homeschools
Summary
On second reading the council amended the city's fence ordinance to allow public and private schools an exception to front-yard setback fencing; staff added language explicitly excluding residential homeschools from the by-right allowance.
The San Angelo City Council on July 1 approved the second reading of an ordinance amending city fence rules to permit public and private school campuses to install fences in the front-yard setback; the ordinance excludes homeschools from the by-right exception, council voted 5-0.
Aaron Venoy, a city staff presenter, told council that under Texas law homeschools are considered private schools. Because of that classification, staff added an…
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