§ 21.28.080. Fence requirements.

A.

Limitations and requirements on the height of fences are established to remove dangerous obstructions to vision, to promote public safety on streets, to limit access to attractive nuisances and to enhance the general appearance of the city.

B.

"Fence" means walls, barriers, signs, hedges, plantings and other obstacles which may obstruct vision.

"Height" means the measurement from ground level to the top of the fence or visual obstruction taken from either side of said obstacle.

"Ground level" shall be the finish grade immediately adjacent to the fence or obstacle being measured.

"Clear vision zone" is the triangle formed by the lot lines parallel to the intersection of a street with another street, alley or railroad (as two sides of the triangle) and the straight line drawn through points on the lot line twenty feet distance from the intersecting lot lines (as the third side of the triangle).

C.

Except as provided in Sections 21.28.081, 21.28.082 and 21.28.083 of this chapter, fences and walls which are located in required yards shall not exceed six feet in height. Whenever a fence is built on a common lot line, the more stringent requirement for fence height shall prevail for that common portion between lots.

(Ord. 703 §1(part), 2005).