Manville City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 10
LANDSCAPING AND FENCES
§ 31-1001.1 Landscaping to be Shown on Site Plans; Compliance.
Landscaping consisting of attractive trees, shrubs, plants, natural or synthetic grass lawns and decorative stone or rock gardens, shall be shown on site plans and shall be planted and maintained as required in specific sections of this Ordinance, or as set forth in this Section 31-1001.
§ 31-1001.2 Guarantees.
a.
Whenever landscaping, seeding and/or buffer area planting is required under this section, or any other section of this Ordinance, or by Chapter 30, Land Development Ordinance, or by any condition of approval of the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment, the same shall be planted prior to the issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy for the use of the property; provided, however, that when the season or weather conditions do not permit such planting to coincide with the completion of the buildings or structures, same shall be accomplished within a time to be specified in the issuance of such Certificate of Occupancy, based upon the season of the year when issued.
b.
No Certificate of Occupancy shall be issued for any use requiring landscaping, seeding and/or planted buffer area under this Ordinance, or as a condition of any approval under this Ordinance, unless the owner shall have filed with the Borough the performance guarantees required under the provisions of Chapter 30, Land Development Ordinance, of this Borough, sufficient in amount to cover the costs of such required plantings, including replacement thereof and maintenance thereof for a two-year period.
§ 31-1002 FENCES.
[Ord. No. 643]
§ 31-1002.1 Site Plan to Show Proposed Fencing.
Where fences are to be installed as part of an initial application involving a building or other structures, the same shall be shown on the site plan, and the nature of said proposed fence shall be described.
§ 31-1002.2 Prohibited Fencing.
Barbed-wire and electrically charged fences are specifically prohibited; however, barbed-wire may be permitted to be installed above a height of six feet on customary security-type fences, if permission therefor is specifically granted by the Planning Board.
§ 31-1002.3 Placement Within Property Lines Required, Encroachment on Public Right-of-Way Prohibited.
All fences must be erected within the property lines and no fences shall be erected so as to encroach upon a public right-of-way. See also Section 31-409.
§ 31-1002.4 Maintenance.
Every fence shall be maintained in a safe, sound, upright condition.
§ 31-1002.5 Fence Height; Material.
[Ord. No. 664; Ord. No. 745; Ord. No. 2020-1244, 9-14-2020]
No fence or wall hereafter erected, constructed in excess of six feet in height are prohibited to be constructed, and shall not be greater in height than 6 1/2 feet, measured from finished grade elevation along the length of such fence or wall, with the finished side of fence or wall facing the adjacent property, however fences in excess of six feet may be permitted if approval is granted by the Borough of Manville Joint Land Use Board and a construction permit is applied for and approved. In the event a property is situated between two abutting residential properties which do not meet the current setback requirement for side properties and would create a potential safety issue, i.e., egress, then a four-foot fence will be the only permitted fence to be erected or constructed on that property. Fences made from used or discarded materials, barbed wire, metal spikes or other such dangerous material which is not usually associated with fences, such as, but not limited to, doors, old lumber and the like are specifically prohibited.
§ 31-1002.6 Front Property Height.
[Ord. No. 2020-1244, 9-14-2020]
No fence or wall hereafter erected, constructed in excess of four ft. will be allowed to be installed on the front property in the Borough of Manville.
§ 31-1002.7 Setback Requirements.
[Ord. No. 2020-1244, 9-14-2020]
No fence, wall, tree or shrub shall be erected or constructed or planted without a 10-foot setback from any property line where ingress/egress is required such as a driveway, to avoid visual obstructions.