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<br />LA PORTE CODE <br /> <br />~ 106-773 <br /> <br />(2) Construction and landscaping material currently being used on the premises; <br /> <br />(3) Off-street parking of passenger vehicles and light trucks, as defmed in this <br />chapter; <br /> <br />(4) Firewood, compost, or residential lawn and garden tools. <br /> <br />Sees. 106-774-106-788. Fteserved. <br /> <br />DIVISION 4. FENCING AND LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS <br /> <br />Sec. 106-789. Fence Materials. <br />Allowable fence material shall include wood pickets, chain link, masonry, and wrought <br />iron. Any other materials are subiect to approval by the Director of Planning. <br /> <br />Sec. 106-790. Subdivision Perimeter Fences. <br />Perimeter fences shall not exceed eight feet (8') in height for recorded subdivisions that <br />exceed five (5) acres regardless of the number of subdivision lots. Materials shall be limited to <br />wood fences with brick base and columns and solid brick fences. Any other materials are subiect <br />to approval by the Director of Planning. <br /> <br />Sec. 106-791. Front yard areas. <br /> <br />No fences, structures, grading, or barrier hedges shall be permitted within any front yard <br />areas except in the case of large lot residential lots, or in the case of lots with a front yard directly <br />adjacent to the shoreline of Galveston Bay, as provided in section 106-792. <br /> <br />Sec. 106-792. Large lot residential lots. <br /> <br />In the case of large lot residential lots, eight feet perimeter fences are permitted as an <br />accessory use. In the case of lots with a front yard directly adjacent to the shoreline of Galveston <br />Bay, four feet front yard fences are permitted parallel and adjacent to the side lot lines. However, <br />such fences shall not be permitted on the front lot line directly adjacent to Galveston Bay, and <br />shall only be constituted of chain link. These exceptions do not permit structures, grading, or <br />barrier hedges. <br /> <br />Sec. 106-793. Fences in side and rear yards. <br /> <br />Within side yards and rear yards, fences of not higher than eight s* feet including <br />excluding six-inch rot boards and walls 42 inches high or less shall be permitted. <br />