(a)

No barbed wire or electrically-charged fence shall be erected or maintained anywhere in this village except in the industrial districts.

(b)

No fence, wall, or other obstruction shall be erected within any public right-of-way except by written permission of the zoning administrator in cooperation with the Street Department.

(c)

No fence, wall, or other obstruction shall be erected in violation of the state drainage code.

(d)

Every fence, wall, or other obstruction shall conform to the special height restrictions applicable in areas near intersections. (See section 70-10(b).)

(Ord. No. 95-4, § 4-2(a)—(d), 4-12-1995; Ord. No. 2009-02, § 3(Exh. A), 4-8-2009)

There will be two types of fences:

(1)

Type I. Type I fence is a fence in which the openings in the materials of which the fence is constructed represent more than 70 percent of the area of the fence and which do not interfere with visibility through or the free passage of air through the fence.

(b)

Type II. Type II fences are all fences other than type I fences.

(Ord. No. 95-4, § 4-2(e), 4-12-1995; Ord. No. 2009-02, § 3(Exh. A), 4-8-2009)

(a)

Type I fences may be erected to a height not exceeding four feet in the front yard, six feet in the side or rear yard.

(b)

Type II fences may be erected to a height not exceeding four feet in a front yard or in a required side yard adjacent to the side of a principal structure on an adjoining lot.

(c)

Type II fences may be erected to a height not exceeding six feet to the rear of the principal structure on an adjoining lot.

(Ord. No. 95-4, § 4-2(e)(1), 4-12-1995; Ord. No. 2009-02, § 3(Exh. A), 4-8-2009)

(a)

Type I fences may be erected to any height anywhere on a lot.

(b)

Type II fences may be erected to a height not exceeding four feet in a required yard. Type II fences erected in a required yard adjacent to property in a residential zoning district shall comply with the requirements for type II fences in such residential district; provided, however, that the height of such fences may be increased with a special use permit. A type II fence which complies with the setback requirements for principal structures may be erected to the heights permitted for the principal structures.

(Ord. No. 95-4, § 4-2(e)(2), 4-12-1995; Ord. No. 2009-02, § 3(Exh. A), 4-8-2009)

No fence shall be hereafter erected along, parallel to, or substantially parallel to an adjoining property line unless the finished side of such fence faces the adjoining property. If a fence is erected with posts and supports, it is presumed that the side in which the posts and supports are more visible is the unfinished side.

(Ord. No. 95-4, § 4-2(e)(3), 4-12-1995; Ord. No. 2009-02, § 3(Exh. A), 4-8-2009)