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Glendale council adopts rewritten fences and hedges rule after multi-year review
Summary
The Common Council voted 4-2 to repeal and replace section 13.10.142 of the city code, standardizing front-yard, side-yard and rear-yard fence rules across Glendale and adding an ingress/egress requirement for fully enclosed front-yard fences.
The Glendale Common Council on a 4-2 vote adopted a rewritten ordinance (section 13.10.142) that reorganizes fence rules by property type, establishes a maximum five-foot front-yard setback for newly built front fences, and requires an ingress/egress method when a front-yard fence encloses the majority of the front yard.
Council members said the rewrite creates citywide uniformity where decades of individual subdivision covenants previously imposed inconsistent standards. Council staff told the council the amendment eliminates references to obsolete subdivision covenants and makes plain that six-foot fences remain allowed in side and rear…
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