Oradell City Zoning Code
ARTICLE X
Fences
§ 240-10.1 Fence requirements and prohibitions.
A.
No fence shall be constructed, installed or replaced without a zoning permit, except for a pool barrier fence, which needs only a building permit.
[Amended 8-14-2018 by Ord. No. 18-07]
B.
Height restrictions.
[Amended 8-14-2018 by Ord. No. 18-07]
(1)
No fence panel, picket or slat shall be in excess of six feet in height. The total height of the top of the fence panel, picket or slat shall not include any slight undulations of the ground. An allowance of six inches from the bottom or any fence panel, picket or slat is permitted, provided that 80% of the fencing does not exceed a height of six feet two inches above the ground. This maximum height is intended to allow a six-foot-tall fence panel to be installed up to two inches above the ground, regardless of any undulations of the ground up to six inches above the ground when the ground does undulate. No fence post, including any decorative finial, shall be in excess of six feet six inches.
(2)
In the case of an interior lot, no fence panel, picket or slat shall be erected in the required front yard in excess of three feet in height. On a corner lot, no fence panel, picket or slat in excess of three feet in height shall be erected within the required front yard setback of all street lines. The total height of the top of the fence panel, picket or slat shall not include any slight undulations of the ground. An allowance of six inches from the bottom or any fence panel, picket or slat is permitted, provided that 80% of the fencing does not exceed a height of three feet two inches above the ground. This maximum height is intended to allow a three-foot-tall fence panel to be installed up to two inches above the ground, regardless of any undulations of the ground up to six inches above the ground when the ground does undulate. No fence post, including any decorative finial, shall be in excess of three feet six inches.
(3)
No fence shall be erected on a wall or retaining wall or within three feet from the wall or retaining wall, which, when measured from the top of the wall or retaining wall to the top of the fence the highest point, exceeds four feet.
C.
No fence shall be built or constructed over a stream, brook or any drainage area so as to interfere with the free flow of water when said water is at its maximum height in said stream, brook or drainage area. Any fence located in a nonresidential zone shall be finished on both sides.
D.
All fences shall be built or constructed in such a manner as to permit the finished side of such fence to face either adjacent properties or the street, as the case may be.
E.
No fence shall be built or constructed of barbed or razor wire, or topped with metal spikes, or made of cloth, string, rope, wire, canvas, poultry netting, or constructed of any material or in any manner that may be dangerous to persons or animals. No chain-link or "cyclone" fence shall be permitted in the front yard setback.
F.
In any zone on any corner lot, no fence, sign or structure, planting, line of site, or other obstruction to vision higher than 28 inches shall be erected or maintained along street lines within 25 feet of the intersection of any street lines.