Bayonne City Zoning Code
§ 35-4.14
Fences, Walls and Buffers.
[Ord. No. O-95-12 § 33-4.14; Ord. No. O-01-19 § 4; amended 9-18-2024 by Ord. No. O-24-48]
In all districts, only one border fence is permissible per parcel. Prior to the installation of any new border fence, the existing border fence and support structures must be removed.
a.
Residential Districts. In residential districts, fences and walls other than retaining walls shall be permitted in accordance with the following requirements:
1.
Fences and walls on any side or rear property line shall not exceed six feet in height.
2.
No fence in a residential district shall contain barbed wire.
3.
Fences and walls on any front property line shall not exceed four feet in height, nor impede safe sight distance around the corner.
4.
Fences and walls on corner lots may be a maximum of six feet for 1/2 the lot depth constituting the side property line relating to the principal entrance to the building and further provided that the remainder of fencing along such lot line or front lot line shall not exceed 36 inches in height.
5.
Fences shall be installed so that the "finished," or better, side of any fence faces the street or adjacent property.
b.
Commercial Districts. Fences and walls other than retaining walls shall be permitted in accordance with the following requirements:
1.
Fences and walls on side or rear property lines shall not exceed 10 feet in height.
2.
Fences abutting residential properties shall be made of solid fencing material intended to screen the view of the commercial use from the residential lot.
3.
Fences and walls located along frontages abutting street rights-of-way shall be of decorative materials and not exceed four feet in height.
4.
Fences and walls located on corner lots shall not impede safe sight distance around a corner.
c.
Industrial Districts. Fences and walls other than retaining walls shall be permitted in accordance with the following restrictions:
1.
Fences and walls may be located in any yard, provided they do not exceed 12 feet in height inclusive of any additional apparatus such as barbed wire.
2.
Chain link fences abutting street rights-of-way shall be visually obscured by planting material.
3.
Fencing located on corner lots shall not impede nor obscure sight distance around a corner.