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Fence, wall and hedge height amendment

Limits fences, walls and hedges to 4 feet in front yards and 6 feet in side and rear yards with exceptions, and removes the over-height fence special exception. Hearing held Sept. 7, 2021; action deferred.

Tabled

Type
Code change
Location
Citywide
  1. Sep 7, 2021City Council: Fence, wall and hedge height requirements
  2. Aug 17, 2021City Council: Consent agenda: hearing dates and appointments
  3. Aug 17, 2021City Council work session: Fence, wall and hedge height requirements

In brief

Fence, wall and hedge height amendment appears on 3 recorded agendas, from the City Council meeting of August 17, 2021 to the City Council meeting of September 7, 2021.

On record, it was continued once.

The most recent decision was continued (6-0) at the City Council meeting of September 7, 2021.

A motion at the City Council meeting of August 17, 2021 set a hearing date; it did not decide the application.

Follow the money and project delivery

Fence, wall and hedge height amendment

Tabled

  1. Council action

    No approval or denial linked in the records collected.

  2. Money in the record

    No itemized amount linked in the records collected.

  3. Signed agreement and payments

    Execution and project-level disbursements are not verified by this tracker. They require separate records; meeting approval alone does not establish either.

  4. Work and operating costs

    Check the linked records for completion and recurring operating costs; this tracker does not verify them. Record →

Every hearing and vote

  1. September 7, 2021 · City Council

    Fence, wall and hedge height requirements

    Continued · 6-0

    One speaker supported the limits as protecting privacy for residents next to mixed-use projects. Another opposed adopting them without more analysis and public engagement and said construction fencing was lacking. A third said fences taller than 6 feet should be allowed in some situations. The Council closed the hearing and deferred action.

    • Limits: 4 feet front yards, 6 feet side and rear yards, with exceptions
    • Petition: PLNPCM2020-00511

    Moved by Council Member Mano, seconded by Council Member Wharton. Vote: 6-0 to close the hearing and defer action; Council Member Amy Fowler absent

  2. August 17, 2021 · City Council

    Consent agenda: hearing dates and appointments

    Approved · 7-0

    The Council set Sept. 7 hearings on the fence height amendment, the Nielsen Estates rezone and the Public Lands restaurant amendment, an Aug. 24 hearing on the Pastor France Davis Way honorary name and a Sept. 21 hearing on the library bonds, and approved Scott Lyttle (Business Advisory Board), Mike Pazzi (Housing Authority), and reappointed Jeff Worthington and Brandon Dew to the Citizens' Compensation Advisory Committee.

    Moved by Council Member Rogers, seconded by Council Member Wharton. Vote: 7-0

  3. August 17, 2021 · City Council work session

    Fence, wall and hedge height requirements

    Discussed

    The proposal would remove the special exception for over-height fences and limit fences, walls and hedges to 4 feet in front yards and 6 feet in side and rear yards citywide, with exceptions such as residential districts abutting nonresidential ones, industrial and public facilities, private game courts and construction fencing. The Planning and Historic Landmark Commissions could grant more height. Council Members asked about measurement at property lines, transparency and corner lots, and how the timeline interacts with the special exception amendment.