Dimensional standards
Extracted standards
6 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Barbed wire and electric fence restriction
In residential districts, barbed wire and electric fences only on single-family zoned properties at least one-half acre. Razor wire prohibited in residential.
- Front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. fence maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.3 ft
Fences in the front yard shall not exceed three feet in height.
- Front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. fence modification for commercial/industrial6 ft
Modification may allow front yard fence up to six feet for commercial/industrial via site plan modification, or eight feet via development plan modification.
- Front yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. fence modification for residential/office4 ft
Modification may allow front yard fence up to four feet for residential and office professional uses via site plan modification.
- Side/rear fence modification8 ft
Side and rear yard fences may be modified up to eight feet in certain cases via development plan modification.
- Side and rear yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates. fence maximum heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.6 ft
Fences in the side and rear yard shall not exceed six feet in height.
From the ordinance
Fences in the front yard shall not exceed three feet in height. Side and rear yard fences shall not exceed six feet. Barbed wire and electric fences only on single-family zoned properties at least one-half acre.