Big Lake City Zoning Code

Insofar as practical, screening must be erected, placed, grown and maintained along the common boundary line of incompatible zoning districts before any use is made of the property. This screening requirement shall be the responsibility of the owner of the less restrictive district, with the single-family residential district (R-1, R-2, and R-3, Districts) being the most restrictive and the industrial district being the least restrictive district. This is illustrated by the following chart:

Such screening shall not be less than six feet (6') in height nor greater than eight feet (8') in height. However, no fence, wall, or hedge on a corner lot shall have a height in conflict with the regulations governing visibility at intersections as prescribed in Section 5. C 6 of this ordinance.

Any parking lot, playground, ballfield, tennis court, or swimming pool when adjacent to any residential use or district, shall be suitably screened from view with screening shrubs. Such screening shall be at least two feet (2') in height.

Garbage, refuse, and trash collection/storage areas in any multifamily residential district, condominium or townhouse project, or nonresidential district or use, shall be screened on at least three (3) sides to adequately screen such area from view of the surrounding area.

All screening devices shall be perpetually maintained by the owner of the property.

Any structurally unsound screening device may be deemed a public nuisance by the city council and ordered to be repaired, replaced, or removed by the owner of the property in accordance with state law.