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Resident requests taller front-yard fence on Emigration Canyon Road; commission defers to July
Summary
An Emigration Canyon resident asked the planning commission for exceptions to local fence rules to install a 5½–6½-foot cedar fence close to the road for privacy and safety; commissioners gave design feedback and agreed, on legal advice, to treat the matter as an action item with a staff report at the July meeting.
A resident, identified in the meeting record as applicant Emily Plew, asked the Emigration Canyon Planning Commission on June 12 to approve exceptions to the local fence ordinance so she can install a cedar front-yard fence along Emigration Canyon Road to create privacy and a buffer from heavy bicycle and motorcycle traffic.
Plew said the home at the noted address was purchased two years ago and that she has installed landscaping and an outdoor patio; she described two design options and asked for three specific exceptions: allow a privacy screen exceeding the normal 40-inch height limit for up to 900 square feet of patio area; an exception from the ordinance's 5-foot minimum horizontal articulation requirement in favor of alternating slat widths and post heights; and an exception from the 20-foot setback rule so the fence…
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