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Lake Como City Zoning Code

§ 17-10.4

Fences, Walls and Sight Triangles.

[Ord. No. 90-535]
a. 
No fence shall be erected of barbed wire, razor wire, topped with metal spikes, or constructed of any material or in any manner which may be dangerous to persons or animals. Chain-link type fencing with twisted and pointed tops shall not be permitted at any height in residential zones.
b. 
On any lot in any direction, no wall or fence shall be erected or altered so that the wall or fence shall be over four (4') feet in height in front yard areas and six (6') feet in height in rear and side yard areas.
c. 
All fences shall be symmetrical in appearance, posts separated by identical distances and fencing conforming to a definite pattern and size of uniform design. The same shall be kept in good repair, regularly painted, good appearance and clean condition. The finished side of all fences and walls shall be constructed to face toward the adjacent property.
d. 
Corner clearances shall be maintained within that area bounded by the lines of the intersecting streets and a diagonal joining the points on each street line distant twenty (20') feet from the point of intersection, or in the case of a rounded corner, at a point of tangency. Within this area, no structure, wall, embankment, terrace, porch, plaza, fence, hedge, sign, vegetation or other obstruction other than shade trees trimmed to a distance of at least ten (10') feet above the curb line, shall be permitted above a height of two (2') feet above the horizontal plane through the curb line.