Roanoke, Virginia · General provision

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Extracted standards

2 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Fencing & walls

  • Maximum fence opening percentage for visually opaque fence2 pct

    the openings of such fence, with gates closed, shall not exceed two (2) percent of any one (1) square foot of vertical fence surface area that is more than eight (8) inches above grade, nor shall any opening exceed one-half (½) inch in width.

  • Maximum fence opening width for visually opaque fence0.5 in

    nor shall any opening exceed one-half (½) inch in width.

From the ordinance

Visually opaque: A vertical surface characterized by a solid material through which no visual images can be seen. For purposes of "visually opaque" fencing, the openings of such fence, with gates closed, shall not exceed two (2) percent of any one (1) square foot of vertical fence surface area that is more than eight (8) inches above grade, nor shall any opening exceed one-half (½) inch in width.
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