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Commission signals support to remove hedge rules from fence section
Summary
After a lengthy debate commissioners agreed to strip hedge provisions out of the fence article and rely on vision‑triangle and property‑maintenance enforcement, citing enforcement difficulty and limited public demand for the hedge rules.
A staff member reviewed the draft zoning code and explained that hedges were currently treated in the fences, walls and hedges section as accessory boundary elements with specific height limits where fences are prohibited.
The discussion began when a commissioner questioned the rationale for regulating hedges within the fence chapter and suggested removing them because most enforcement issues arise from safety sight triangles or property‑maintenance complaints rather than…
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