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Kearny City Zoning Code

§ 38-6.9

Fences and Walls.

[Ord. No. 10-14-87 § 138-6.600; Ord. No. 1999-O-2 § 29; Ord. No. 2018-3]
a. 
No fence or wall located to the rear of the minimum required front yard shall be erected more than six feet in height and shall be erected within the property lines, except that a height of eight feet shall be permitted in such side or rear yard areas along those property lines where a residential use abuts a nonresidential use.
b. 
The maximum height of a fence or wall shall not exceed 48 inches in the required front yard of a residential district or in a side yard adjacent to the street line of a corner lot. All fences and walls in the required front yard of residential districts or in the side yard of a corner lot shall be at least 50% open.
c. 
No fence, wall, or other visual barrier shall be so located that it obstructs the vision of a motor vehicle driver approaching any street or driveway intersection. All fences shall meet the requirements of subsection 38-5.1c where applicable.
d. 
The finished side of any fence or wall shall be oriented to the outside of the lot.
e. 
On through lots, as defined under this chapter, where a residential use abuts a non-residential use and the building rear of the residential use borders the non-residential use, a fence or wall not exceeding six feet is permitted along those property lines where a residential use abuts a non-residential use.