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Planning commission recommends clearer fences-and-walls rules to protect seawall views, speed emergency response
Summary
The commission recommended approval of Ordinance 17-26 to clarify fences-and-walls rules, add emergency-response applicability and administrative deviations, and formally allow fiberglass as a fence material; the measure will move to City Council for introduction April 15 and a hearing May 6.
The Planning and Zoning Commission on April 1 recommended approval of Ordinance 17-26, a targeted revision to the city's fences-and-walls rules designed to clarify cross-references, memorialize enforcement practices for waterfront view corridors, and add emergency-response and administrative-deviation provisions.
Anthony Santore, senior planner in Development Services, told the commission the amendment "seeks to amend the sections to provide some consistency and clarity throughout the fences and walls regulation, and to provide for some emergency response provisions and administrative deviation…
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