A.

Except as otherwise provided, fences, walls, and hedges may be erected or maintained in any residential zoning district along any required yard; provided that no solid fence, wall or hedge over 36 inches in height or nonsolid, see-through wall or hedge over 42 inches shall be erected or maintained as a dividing fence. Except as otherwise provided, nondividing fences, walls and hedges may be erected or maintained in any residential zoning district along any required yard; provided that no fence, wall or hedge over 42 inches in height shall be erected or maintained in any front yard. Except as otherwise provided, solid fences and walls located along side or rear yards shall not exceed a height of six feet.

B.

"Height," for the purposes of this section, means the vertical distance from the top rail, board or wire to the ground directly below.

(Ord. 722, 2004; Ord. 651 (part), 1992; Ord. 526 § 3 (part), 1979; Ord. 517 Ch. 10 § 1, 1978)

A.

On the street side of all lots where an alley or driveway enters the street right-of-way, a triangular clear vision zone shall be maintained. The zone shall measure ten feet into the lot as measured from the edge of the sidewalk nearest the property line, and 20 feet parallel to the street measured from the edge of any alley or driveway, away from the alley or driveway, along the edge of the sidewalk nearest the property line. No fence, wall, hedge or shrub over 36 inches in height shall be erected or maintained within the above defined clear-vision zone. A 42-inch fence constructed of material which is not solid so as to obstruct vision may be erected or maintained within the above defined clear-vision zone. If no sidewalk exists, the point of reference for all measurements shall be determined by the town engineer.

B.

Regardless of other provisions of this section, no fence, wall or hedge shall be erected or maintained in any yard which materially impedes vision of vehicles entering an abutting street.

(Ord. 651 (part), 1992; Ord. 526 § 3 (part), 1979; Ord. 517 Ch. 10 § 2, 1978)

A.

No fences shall be permitted in any central business zoning district. No barbed wire fencing shall be permitted in any residential zoning district.

B.

Barbed wire fencing materials may be used as a portion of a fence in a commercial or industrial zoning district when such material is located not less than eight feet above grade.

(Ord. 517 Ch. 10 § 3, 1978)

No fence, wall or hedge shall be erected or maintained in a public right-of-way. All fences on streets or avenues will be located 48 inches set back from the curb line.

(Ord. 651 (part), 1992: Ord. 517 Ch. 10 § 4, 1978)

Fencing materials are limited to wood, vinyl, masonry, wrought iron, decorative metal, wire mesh (e.g., chain-link), bamboo, and similar materials. Pallets, tarps, scrap metal, tires, signs, and materials are not permitted for fencing purposes.

(Ord. 517 Ch. 10 § 5, 1978; Ord. No. 904, § 1, 1-13-2025)

Before any fences and walls over 30 inches in height above an established grade are erected in any zoning district along any required yard, the property owner shall first obtain a permit from the building official.

(Ord. 517 Ch. 10 § 6, 1978)

A.

On corner lots at the intersection of all streets, except those intersections which are controlled by stop signs or traffic signals, no solid fence, hedge, wall, shrub or structure over 36 inches in height above an established top-of-curb grade or a nonsolid see-through fence over 42 inches in height above an established top-of-curb grade shall be located within triangular area formed by the intersecting street centerlines and a straight line joining such intersecting lines at points 110 feet distant from the point of intersection measured along the centerlines of the streets.

B.

Corner lots at intersections where one or more approach is controlled by either a stop sign or a traffic signal, no fence, hedge, wall, shrub or structure over 30 inches in height above an established top-of-curb grade shall be located within a triangular area formed by the intersecting lines at points 25 feet distant from the point of intersection as measured along the lot property lines.

C.

Approved advertising signs, public-use controls and systems, and trees with a maximum trunk diameter of one foot measured four feet above ground line and trimmed up to eight feet may be permitted in this above defined triangular area.

(Ord. 651 (part), 1992; Ord. 526 § 3 (part), 1979; Ord. 517 Ch. 10 § 7, 1978)