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<br />ZONING <br /> <br />S 106-799 <br /> <br />can be fastened commencing at a point at least seven feet above the ground, and such fence <br />shall not be erected within the required landscaped portion of any yard or the front yard <br />setback of any commercial or industrial establishment. <br /> <br />Sec. 106-798. Fencing and wall requirements for automotive wrecking, salvage <br />yards, junk dealers, etc. <br /> <br />(a) General requirement. Every automotive wrecking and salvage yard/junk dealer/scrap <br />metal processor yard with the city shall be completely surrounded and enclosed by a solid fence <br />or wall which is at least eight feet in height. <br /> <br />(b) Construction, maintenance of fence or wall. Every fence or wall herein shall be <br />constructed and maintained as follows: <br /> <br />(1) All fences shall be constructed of wood, masonry, corrugated sheet metal, chain link or <br />any combination thereof; provided, however, that anyone side of an automotive <br />wrecking and salvage yard/junk yard/scrap metal processing yard shall be bounded by <br />a fence or wall constructed of only one of the above materials. <br /> <br />(2) Chain link fences shall be constructed of galvanized chain link fencing with wood or <br />metal slats or strips run through all links of the chain link fence. <br /> <br />(3) All fences or walls shall extend downward to within three inches of the ground and <br />shall test plum and square at all times. <br /> <br />(4) All fences or walls shall be constructed in compliance with all applicable provisions of <br />the building code of the city. <br /> <br />(c) Use of wall, door or building as part offence or wall. Any part of a fence or wall required <br />by subsection (a) ofthis section may consist in whole or in part of a solid wall and door, or walls <br />and doors of any completely enclosed building on the premises, if such wall or door meets all <br />construction requirements set forth in this section. <br /> <br />(d) Gates at openings in enclosure. Openings in the prescribed enclosure which are <br />necessary to permit reasonable access to said automotive wrecking and salvage yards/junk <br />yards/scrap metal processing yards shall be equipped with a solid gate or gates, constructed <br />and maintained in accordance with the requirements for a fence or wall set forth in this <br />section. Such gates shall be closed and securely locked at all times except during normal <br />daytime business hours. <br />(Code 1970, S 123/4-14(cHf)) <br /> <br />Sec. 106-799. Construction, maintenance of electric fences prohibited. <br /> <br />It shall be unlawful for any person owning or controlling any property in the city to <br />construct, maintain or permit to remain on such property any fence charged with electricity. <br />It shall further be unlawful for any person to cause any fence situated in the city to become <br />charged with a current of electricity, to connect any such fence with a source of electricity or <br />to permit any fence under the control of such person to be connected with a source of electricity. <br />In any prosecution under this section testimony that any fence was under the control of the <br /> <br />Supp. No.4 <br /> <br />CD106:89 <br />