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ORDINANCE NO. 773 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 1102 AND 1103 OF THE MOUNDS VIEW ZONING CODE RELATING TO FENCES, RETAINING WALLS AND LANDSCAPING THE CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Section 1102.02 of the Mounds View Zoning Code pertaining to "Definitions" is hereby amended with the proposed additions underlined: 1102.02: DEFINITIONS: The following words and terms, wherever they occur in this Code, shall be defined as follows: • Subd. 58.5. LANDSCAPING: The aesthetic and physical improvement of land by the addition of berms, trees, shrubs, ground cover, crushed rock, wood chips, retaining walls and other functional, ornamental or decorative features, Subd.100.5. RETANING WALL: A wall or structure constructed of stone, concrete, wood, or other materials, used to retain soil, as a slope transition, or edge of a plantina area. SECTION 2. Section 1103.08 of the Mounds View Zoning Code pertaining to "Fencing Screening and Landscaping" is hereby amended with the proposed additions underlined: 1103.08: FENCING, RETAINING WALLS, SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING: Subd. 1. Height: No fence shall exceed eight feet (8') in height, and in the case of grade separation, such as the division of properties by a retaining wall, the height shall be determined on the basis of measurement from the average point between the highest and lowest grade. Subd. 2. Intersections: No fences, structures or planting of trees or shrubs shall be permitted within thirty feet (30') of any comer formed by the intersection of street property lines or the right of way of a railway intersecting a street, except properly constructed chain link fences. Such chain link fences shall not exceed forty eight inches (48") in height from the grade level at the lot line and shall have openings in the wire mesh of not less than one and five-eighths inches (1-5/8") nor more than two and one-fourth inches (2-1/4"). Such fences may follow the lot line to the lot comer. The thirty feet (30'} restriction noted above shall consist of the triangle formed by connecting the two (2) points on intersecting lot lines that are each thirty feet (30') from the lot corner.