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ORDINANCE NO, 5087-41
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER# FLORIDA, Ir -,rjy
RELATING TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE; AMENDING SECTION
136.016 CODE OF ORDINANCES, RELATING TO FENCES AND
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PROVIDING STANDARDS FOR MATERIALS; PROVIDING FOR
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EASEMENT AND RIGHT-OF-WAY RESTRICTIONS; PROVIDING HEIGHT ,
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Section 1. Section 136.016, Code of Ordinances, is amended to read:
Section 136.016• Fences and walls.
(a) Applicability. All fences and walls shall be regulated by the
provisions contained herein, except #ha earth- or water-retaining walls s', r k°Sre', -3
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determined to be necessary by the city engineer
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(b) Permit, All fences and walls shall require a building permit prior
to installation or erection and, prior to the issuance of such permit, plans for ty. tfw?,; .,
the fences and walls shall be determined to be in compliance with the
requirements of this section and all applicable requirements of the building
code. Applications for such permit shall accurately identify the property upon ,
which the fence or wall is to be laced, and the actual location on the property ?• `?
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species, size, location and spacing of the plant materials to be used to satisfy -.?a
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. c Materials. All fences and walls shall be constructed of materials
appropriate to their purpose and location. In no instance shall corrugated or
' sheet metal be permitted, nor shall electric or other potentially injurious, W ?I
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wire fences shall -b may be permitted by the building
director in accord with subsection papagraph (i) of this section.
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(d) Easements and rights-of-way. No fence or wall may be located within
any easement or right-of-way or enclose any water meter box or manhole, except
as follows see #-i r
(1) No fence or wall shall be located within any public right-of-way,
right-of-way easement or drainage easement, unless specifically authorized by the
city engineer.
(2) No fence or wall shall enclose a water meter box or manhole, unless
specifically authorized by the city engineer.
(3) Fences and walls may be permitted within utility easements subject
to:
a. A suitable gate or opening being provided which enables access to any :.t
utilities, meters or like facilities.
b. The right of the city or franchised utility company to remove,
without cost or obligation to replace or restore, any such fence or wall and
landscaping as may be necessary to maintain the utilities located in the
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easement. `
e Orientation. Fences and wal is laced within a structural setback area
shall be oriented so that the side of the fence or wall facing or viewable from
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a street right-of-way or an adjoining property is the finished side in term- o ?r
with all support posts and stringers facing inward
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shall be exempt from this requirement. However, if access to a portion of a fence
is wholly or partially blocked by a building, fence, wall or other structure or
by dense foliage located upon adjoining property and adjacent to, but not
necessarily adjoining, the property line, the support posts for that portion of
the fence, but not the stringers, may be installed on the outside of the fence,
facing away from the property upon which the fence is located.
(f) Height. Fence and wall heights shall be measured from existing
(natural) grade and, except as may otherwise be provided in subsection _0
, shall be in accord with the
following:
(1) Fences and walls shall not be permitted on any waterfront property
within the structural setback area adjoining the water (whether such setback is
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measured from mean high water, the coastal construction control line or the rear
property line). However, nonopaque fences located within ten (10) feet of the
edge _of an_Y_swimminq. pool shall be permitted to a maximum height of forty-two
(42) inches.
(2) Fences and walls shall be permitted to a maximum height of thirty
(30) inches within a structural setback area from a street right-of-way where the
' property is addressed from such right-of-way. However_,_nonopaque (fences located
within ten _(10) feet of the edge of any swimming pool shall he permitted -to a
maximum height of forty-two (42) inches.
(3) For interior double-frontage lots and the rear yards of corner double
frontage lots in single family districts only,
fences and walls shall be permitted to a maximum height
of six 6 fieur-(4) feet within a structural setback area from a street right-of-
way where the property is not addressed from such right-of-way. In all other
instances fences and walls shall be-permitted to a maximum height o four 4
feet within a structural setback area from a street right-of-way where the
property is not addressed from such right-of-way.
feet within the stpuetural setbaek area frem the fellew4ng street Fights ef 1
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where the ppeperty 4s Rot-addressed from smeh right ef ways
f frem Gulf to Bay Bouleyard- *-R- 9-*--Rte Read 690.
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4-6} Fences and walls shall be permitted to a maximum height of six
(6) feet behind a structural setback area from a street right-of-way,
irrespective of the otherwise applicable side and rear structural setback
requirements.
(g) Setbacks. Except for nonopaque (no slats) chain link fences,- which
shall not have a required setback, fences and walls with a height greater than
thirty (30) inches located within a structural setback area from a street right-
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sinale familv residential districts and no closer than five (5) feet in all other
districts: such fences or walls shall not conflict with the. Perimeter landscaping
required by Section 136.023.
(h) landscaping. Except for fences and walls thirty (30) inches or less
in height and nonopaque (no slats) chain link fences, fences and walls located
within a structural setback area from a street right-of-way shall be landscaped
on the outside (right-of-way side) of the fence or wall in accord with all
provisions and specifications contained in this subsection palpagrai and in
accord with a landscape plan approved by requ4r4ng the appreyal of, the director
of environmental management. All plant materials shall be maintained by the
property owner in a healthy and orderly condition; any materials not so
maintained may be ordered to be replaced at the direction of the code
administrator. Any landscaping in proximity to a public sidewalk shall be
maintained so that unobstructed passage is afforded. All required plant materials
shall adhere to the specifications contained in section 136.023 of this ehaptez
and the following:
(1) Shrubs shall be planted along not less than fifty (50) per cent of
the lineal distance of the fence or wall generally parallel to the street right-
of-way.
(2) All areas on the right-of-way side of the fence or wall not
landscaped with shrubs shall be planted with ground cover or other vegetation.
(i) Special requirements.
(1) All fences and walls located within a structural setback area from
a street right-of-way shall be provided with an opening or gate of sufficient
width to allow access outside of the area enclosed by the fence or wall to such
right-of-t•iay for the purpose of facilitating maintenance of any required
landscaping and the street right-of-way,
(2) Chain link.fences for public or private tennis courts shall not be
required to comply with height regulations contained in subsection paragraph (f)
of this section provided such fences comply with all structural setback
requirements contained in the zoning district assigned to the property.
(3) No fence or wall over four (4) feet in height shall be permitted on
any townhouse lot except where the fence or wall aligns the perimeter of the
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townhouse development and is uniformly designed and installed along the
development property line, in which case the otherwise applicable height and
related standards shall govern.
(4) All fences and walls 19eated on eernep lotom which have a height over
thirty (30) inches and are located on corner lots and positioned within fifteen
(15) feet of a street right-of-way. shall require the approval of the traffic
engineer to ensure that sufficient unobstructed cross-visibility is afforded for "
the safe movement of traffic.
(5) Those properties located within a subdivision which, in conjunction
with the approval of the subdivision, were required a fence, wall and/or
landscape plan, shall not be permitted any additional or substitute fences or
walls which otherwise contravene the general purpose and uniformity afforded by
the plan.
(6) As many as three (3) strands of barbed wire may be installed.atop a
chain link fence and oriented toward the interior of the property when determined
by the building director to be necessary to preclude entry into a hazardous
location or facility or to protect the exterior storage of materials or equipment
r from vandalism or theft. Under no circumstance shall barbed wire be permitted
atop a fence which has a height of less than six (6) feet.
(1) Chain link fences shall have the prongs on the top of the fence
turned down.
(8) Temporary fences around construction sites may be approved by the
building director. Such fences shall comply with any reasonable conditions (e.g.,
height, location, materials) as the building director may determine appropriate
for a given property.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
PASSED ON FIRST READING April, 18, 1991
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED
Attest:
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Cit; Cleric
May 2, 1991
Mayor-Commissioner
Approved as to form and correctness:
M. A.' Galbraith, ,fir
City Attorney t
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