Fences having a finished side and an unfinished side shall be oriented so that the finished side faces the closest property line. In all zone districts, multi-colored fences and barbed-wire fences shall be prohibited unless approved for security purposes by the Police Department.

In all zone districts, fences or walls or combinations thereof enclosing or within front yards shall be permitted, provided the same shall not exceed four feet in height and further provided that such fences exceeding 2 1/2 feet in height shall not be more than 50% solid. Fences or walls or combinations thereof enclosing or within side and/or rear yards shall be permitted, provided the same shall not exceed six feet in height in residence zone districts or eight feet in height in all other zone districts; and, in either case, may be more than 50% solid. Height restrictions contained herein shall be measured from unmodified grade elevation and shall be applicable to retaining walls and to combinations of fences and retaining walls when viewed from either side thereof, except that, for safety purposes, no fence mounted on top of a retaining wall shall be required to be less than four feet in height.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, where necessary to provide rear yard privacy and/or security on residential corner lots having a side property line abutting the right-of-way of a county road, fences or walls or combinations thereof located in an applicable front yard shall be permitted to be up to five feet in height if set back at least 10 feet from such right-of-way and shall be permitted to be up to six feet in height if set back at least 20 feet from such right-of-way; and, in either case, may be more than 50% solid.

In no event shall any fence or wall or combination thereof be erected or maintained on any corner lot so as to obstruct traffic visibility, particularly as set forth in Subsection 20-21.8d or, if applicable, as required by the County of Essex.

Fences are permitted to be installed on the property line, provided that no part of the fence may encroach onto a neighboring property and no fence shall be erected within 5 feet of a legally existing principal structure on a neighboring property.