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