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Redington Beach City Zoning Code

Sec. 11

Wing walls and screening walls.

No single-family dwelling house within the Town of Redington Beach, as provided and set out in Section 5(a) above, shall have a wing wall or screening wall (as distinguished from fences as regulated in Ordinance No. 57), except in side yards as defined herein, and subject to the following regulations:

[1]

The term "wing wall," for the purpose of this ordinance, shall indicate a wall or enclosure built at a right angle with the residence wall or side line of the lot. A wing wall shall have a maximum height above grade, as established by the building inspector, of six (6) feet, and shall have an opening three (3) feet wide and the entire height of wall at any location in the length of the wall, and the opening may have a gate or door closure. Not more than one wing wall shall be built in each of the two (2) side yards.

[2]

The term "screening wall," for the purpose of this ordinance, shall indicate a wall or enclosure located parallel to the side lot line or side wall of the residence. A screening wall shall have a six-foot maximum height above grade and a maximum length of twelve (12) feet. A screening wall may be built in either of the side yards of a residence but not in both.

[3]

A "side yard," for the purposes of this ordinance, shall indicate the area on each side of a residence between residences and side lot line, and between front setback line (normally twenty (20) feet from the street) and rear setback line, which is normally twenty-five (25) feet for waterfront lots and from fifteen (15) to twenty (20) feet for other lots.

[4]

Wing walls or screening walls may be of masonry, wood, metal or other suitable material, and shall be supported and anchored to resist overturning due to wind pressure.

(Ord. No. 53A, 4-7-59)

Cross reference— Fences, walls and hedges, § 6-281 et seq.