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<br /> <br /> <br /> Created: 2025-05-22 16:40:52 [EST] <br />(Supp. No. 36) <br /> <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />Sec. 90-227. Fences. <br />(a) It is unlawful for any person to construct or maintain a fence, except in conformance with this chapter. <br />(b) Fences are allowed as an accessory use in all zoning districts of the city. No fence shall be constructed in the <br />urban development area or on a parcel of land ten acres or less in size in the rural residential zoning district <br />without a permit issued by the city building official. <br />(b) All fences shall be located entirely upon the property of the person owning the fence, except line fences used <br />for agricultural purposes. <br />(c) All fence owners shall maintain the fence in a state of good repair and appearance, and not allow the fence <br />to become a safety hazard or nuisance. The city building official may order the removal or rep air of any fence <br />that is unsafe, seriously dilapidated, blocking drainage, or in any way poses a threat to public health, safety, <br />and welfare. <br />(d) No fences shall be placed in a public road right-of-way, except temporary barriers authorized by public safety <br />personnel, the city engineer, or the city maintenance supervisorpublic works director. <br />(e) .As to any fence (or any structure or landscaping), or any part thereof, installed or present within a public <br />easement, the city may remove the fence (or order it removed at its own discretion) in the event that work <br />needs to be performed within the easement free of any claims of cost, loss or damage. The city and any <br />agent of the city shall be held harmless for any and all claims for damage to the fence, or part thereof, arising <br />out of or relating to work performed in the easement, including but not limited to the removal of the fence <br />or any part thereof. The city is not responsible or liable for the costs of repair, reinstallation or restoration of <br />any fence or part thereof removed from the easement. <br />(f) Fences (or any structure or landscaping) may not be placed within a public easement where public <br />improvements are located, or where an easement provides access to a public improvement, without first <br />receiving approval of an encroachment agreement by the public works director or other designee, along with <br />proof that the agreement has been filed with the record for the property in the office of the County Recorder <br />or Registrar of Title. <br />(g) That side of the fence considered to be the face or facing as applied to fence posts, shall front abutting <br />property (good side out). This shall not prohibit construction of wire or cable fences used to control livestock <br />in conformance with common agricultural practices. <br />(h) No person shall construct or maintain any fence that is connected to, or charged by, an electrical system, <br />except low-amperage systems used for livestock control in agricultural, long-term agricultural, and rural <br />residential zoning districts. <br />(i) The following fencing materials are allowed in all zoning districts: <br />(1) Chain link. <br />(2) Decorative masonry or block. <br />(3) Wrought iron. <br />(4) Brick. <br />(5) Natural stone, dressed, or undressed. <br />(6) Wood of proven exterior durability such as cedar, redwood, or treated wood. <br />(7) Plastic fencing manufactured to look like wood fencing. <br />(j) Barbed wire and cable fences are allowed only in the agricultural, long-term agricultural, and rural <br />residential, and future urban service zoning districts, except up to four strands of barbed wire may be used