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Council debates fence rules for trail corridors, weighs permit enforcement vs. grandfathering

5404145 · July 16, 2025
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Summary

Councilmembers and planning staff discussed whether to require removal or grandfathering of recently installed privacy fencing in a reserved trail corridor; staff will return with clarifying standards distinguishing narrow open-space corridors from active trails.

Council members on July 15 debated how strictly to apply Highland’s existing fence rules for narrow corridors the city has reserved for trails or open space.

Rob Patterson, city planner, described a property where a developer/owner installed a solid privacy wall in a corridor the city listed on maps as a potential trail corridor. The wall was built without a…

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