Odessa City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 14
11 FENCES AND SCREENING
§ 14-11-1 Fence and wall regulations.
In any residential district or along the common boundary between any residential or nonresidential district where a wall, fence, or screening separation is erected, the following standards for height and design shall be observed:
(1)
Height of fence or wall.
(A)
Any fence or wall erected on the side property line and located to the rear of the minimum required front yard as determined by the provisions of Section 14-7-5 shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height above the adjacent grade. Interior fences in commercial or industrial districts erected on or behind the required front, side or rear yard line shall be subject to the same height restrictions as buildings in the specified districts in which the fence is located.
(B)
Any fence or wall in residential districts erected on the property line across the front of the lot shall not exceed four (4) feet in height above the adjacent grade except as provided in Sections 14-7-6(m) and (n) and such fence may be increased in height one (1) foot for each six (6) feet it is set back from the property line to a maximum of eight (8) feet. The height of the fence shall be referenced to the highest adjacent grade.
(C)
No fence, screen, wall, tree, or shrub planting or other visual barrier shall be located, placed, or maintained in such a manner as to obstruct the vision of a motor vehicle driver approaching any street intersection. At all street intersections clear vision shall be maintained across the lot for a distance of twenty (20) feet back from an existing property corner or from a projected property corner along both intersecting streets.
(2)
Materials used for fence.
(A)
New or replacement fences must be constructed of standard fencing materials and may not be constructed of scrap metal, plywood, or other nonstandard fencing materials.
(B)
(C)
A fence may not be repaired with materials other than those from which a fence may be constructed.
(3)
Maintenance.
Fences and walls must be maintained in a safe and well-kept manner.
(Ordinance 2019-13 adopted 4/9/19; Ordinance 2020-08 adopted 3/10/20; Ordinance 2020-21 adopted 7/14/20)
§ 14-11-2 Screening walls or visual barriers and open space.
(a)
Any screening wall or fence required under the provisions of the planned development district shall be constructed of masonry or with a concrete or metal frame supporting a permanent type wall or fence material which does not contain openings constituting more than forty (40) square inches in each one (1) square foot of wall or fence surface and the surface of such wall or fence shall constitute a visual barrier. All wall or fence openings shall be equipped with gates equal in height and screening characteristics to the wall or fence.
(b)
No open storage of commodities, materials or equipment for sale or display shall be permitted in any residential or office district. All commodities and materials offered for sale and displayed in the open in the R-1, LC, CB-1, CB-2, LI or PD-I districts shall be located back of the minimum required front yard line. In the NS and R districts, no open storage operation shall be permitted except as an accessory use and all such open storage operations shall be located behind the main building and screened with a visual barrier as herein prescribed except for temporary sales as defined by section 14-19-1(a)(144).
(Ordinance 2019-13 adopted 4/9/19; Ordinance 2020-08 adopted 3/10/20)