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1-TA-2007 - R1-7 Walls and Fences Text Amendment

Summary of Changes:

  • Format – greater clarity
    - Section 7.104 of the General Provisions Article was amended to clarify its intent.
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  • Structure – group like parts with like parts
    - Yard requirements now include front, side, front, double frontage, and corner lot longer street frontage and shorter street frontage.
    - Walls, fences and hedges now have an individual section.
    - Main buildings and additions to main buildings now have an individual section.
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  • Substance – revisions to requirements
    - Hedge defined
    - Six (6) foot high walls and fences on corner lots allowed on the longer street frontage property line between the rear lot line and the shorter street frontage main building setback.
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  • Reminders
    - Clear sight triangles are required at street intersections (not at alleys and not at driveways).
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    Resources:

  • Plan View (pdf/302kb/1p)
  • Bird's Eye View (pdf/1.8MB/2pp)
  • Ordinance 3760 Adopting R1-7 Fencing Changes (pdf/42kb/7pp)