Planning board backs fence-and‑hedge ordinance recommending lower front limits, higher rear heights
The board recommended changes to the city fence and hedge rules that would lower maximum front‑yard fence height to 4 feet (measured at crown of the road) and allow up to 8 feet in rear and interior yards, with options to set fences back from sidewalks to preserve planting strips; the motion was approved 3‑0.
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City staff presented a draft amendment to Section 7.2 of the zoning code addressing walls, fences and hedges. The draft proposes lowering the maximum front‑yard fence height to 4 feet (measured from the street crown), allowing up to 8 feet in rear or interior yards to increase privacy, and clarifying corner‑lot and side‑street rules; it also suggests an option to require taller fences to be set back a short distance from the sidewalk to preserve a planting strip.
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