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Planning board approves fencing amendment allowing coated chain-link except on street-front frontage (6-1)
Summary
After extended debate about aesthetics, cost and property rights, the Dade City Planning Board voted 6-1 to recommend an amendment to Article 6 that permits coated chain-link fencing in certain non-street-facing or commercial contexts while prohibiting chain-link visible from the public right-of-way.
The Dade City Planning Board voted 6-1 to recommend an amendment to Article 6 of the Land Development Regulations that narrows the existing citywide prohibition on chain-link fencing, permitting coated/vinyl-coated chain-link in limited circumstances but continuing to prohibit chain-link that is visible from a street frontage.
Staff opened the discussion by noting the current ordinance outright prohibits chain-link and that the city receives frequent requests to repair or extend existing chain-link fences and to allow chain-link in commercial areas. "Currently, it…
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