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Council hears planning proposal to remove hedges from fence code and allow taller backyard fences; commission balked at raising rear fences to 7 feet
Summary
Planning staff presented two related text amendments: remove hedges from the fence ordinance and regulate them under landscaping (no front-yard height limit outside sight-distance triangles), and extend a 6-foot front-yard fence allowance to M1/M1A zones citywide while restricting front fences to 4 feet where abutting residential zones; planning staff recommended 7-foot rear fences but the planning commission recommended keeping rear fences at 6 feet.
Planning staff on Wednesday briefed the City Council on two related text amendments that would change how the city regulates fences, walls and hedges.
The first amendment would remove hedges from the fence and wall ordinance and instead regulate them under the city’s landscaping chapter; under that approach hedges would not have a front-yard height limit outside sight‑distance triangle areas, though landscaping rules would still require maintenance and no interference with pedestrian movement.…
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