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Chapter 915: General Development Requirements <br /> <br />Page 915-20 <br />915.130 Exterior Storage – Commercial or Industrial <br />(A) Outdoor Display of Retail Merchandise. <br />(1) Retail merchandise may be dispalyed on a private sidewalk adjacent to a retail <br />store. This does not apply to vehicle sales or to other businesses whose <br />merchandise is customarily displayed outdoors because of its size or nature. <br />(2) The area of such display shall be limited to 100 sqyare feet. <br />(3) Pedestrian traffic on the sidewalk shall not be unduly impeded by the merchandise. <br />(4) The display area shall be kept neat and orderly. <br />(B) Industrial Sites <br /> Outdoor storage of goods or materials shall be screened from view from public roads, <br />including highways, or residentially-used property by a combination of fencing, <br />plantings and/or earthen berms. Screening means blocking the view to at least 90 <br />percent opacity. Plantings shall be used to soften the appearance of a fence. Plantings <br />and/or berms may be used without a solid fence if in the opinion of the Community <br />Development Dirtector, the objective is satisfied of year-‘round 90 percent screening. <br />915.140 Fences <br />(A) Permit Required. <br /> No persons, firm, or corporation shall construct or erect any fence without first securing a <br />permit. <br />(B) Location. <br />All boundary line fences shall be located entirely upon the private property of the person, <br />firm or corporation constructing, or causing the construction of, such fence, unless the <br />owner of the adjoining property agrees, in writing, that such fence may be erected on the <br />division line of the respective properties. See Figure 915-2. <br />(C) Surveys. <br />An applicant for a fence permit shall be required to verify the location of existing property <br />lines either by location of the property line corners or submission of a survey conducted <br />by a Registered Land Surveyor. The City Building Official shall, pursuant to a fence <br />permit application, inspect the location and construction of any fence both prior to and <br />after construction. <br />(D) Construction and Maintenance. <br />(1) Every fence shall be constructed in a substantial, workmanlike manner and of <br />material reasonably suited for the purpose for which the fence is proposed to be <br />used. Every fence shall be maintained in such condition as to not become a hazard, <br />eyesore or public or private nuisance. Fences shall be deemed to fail this <br />requirement when they are missing parts or components, are not stained or painted <br />as required by the material, leans more than percent out of vertical, or other <br />conditions as deemed by the Building Official. <br />(2) All fences shall be so constructed that the finished site faces away from the fence <br />owner's lot. <br />(3) Any fence which endangers the public safety, health or welfare shall be considered <br />a public nuisance and abatement proceedings may be instituted by the proper City