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ORDINANCE 2022-07 5 additions to a fence. The permit must be obtained in the name of the owner of the property on which the fence is or will be located. Applications must be made on forms provided by the city. Permit fees must be paid in accordance with Ordinance 33.061 of the City Code. Section 10.Section §150.072 - is hereby amended to read as follows: REQUIREMENTS. (A) Location. Any fence constructed or altered after 6-3-1982 must be located entirely upon the private property of the owner to whom the building permit was issued. Ownership of the fence passes with ownership of the property. The fence must be setback a distance from the owner’s property line sufficient to avoid encroachment onto adjoining private or public property or a public right-of-way. The applicant represents that the fence will be entirely on the property of the fence applicant. At its sole discretion, the city may require the applicant for the permit to locate and mark the property line abutting the public property by having a registered surveyor place permanent survey pins or stakes on the property line. (B) Fence size. All fence and wall heights shall be measured from the finished grade, except that the height of a railing, wall, fence, or screening affixed to a deck constructed on the ground but raised above ground level, will be measured from the elevation of the raised deck for that portion which is affixed to the raised deck. The grade at the fence line shall not be altered in any way that artificially increases the maximum permitted height of the fence. Required fence height shall be measured and applied only at each post, and no section of fence between posts shall exceed the height of the higher of the two posts between which such fence is constructed. (C)(1) Residential Uses. a. Front Yards. No fence, fence post, or post cap shall be over fifty-two (52) inches in height within a required front yard setback. b. Side Yards. No fence, fence post, or post cap shall be over six feet six inches (6’-6”) in height. A fence up to six feet six inches (6’-6”) in height shall be allowed on corner lots along the corner side behind the nearest front corner of the principal building. c. Rear Yards. No fence, fence post, or post cap, shall be over six feet six inches (6’-6”) in height. (C) (2) Commercial/Industrial Uses. a. Front Yards. No fence shall be over seven (7) feet in height within a required front yard setback. b. Side Yards. No fence shall be over seven (7) feet in height. c. Rear Yards. No fence shall be over six (6) seven (7) feet in height. d. Exemption. Through the approval of a conditional use permit (CUP), fence heights as listed above in §150.072, C, 2, a-c may be increased for the following types of fencing Section 11.Section §155.03 (Zoning Definitions) is hereby amended to add the following: Bus/Transit Bench Sign: A bench maintained on a publicly dedicated street or right-of-way for the convenience and comfort of persons waiting for buses or other vehicles, which may include off-premise advertising content, not to exceed 12 square feet in surface area.