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<br />Staff Report <br /> <br />June 24, 2009 <br /> <br />Fences <br />Zoning Ordinance Amendments <br />Workshop <br /> <br />Back2round <br /> <br />City Council directed staff to consider the fencing requirements, height and its placement <br />for residential, commercial, and industrial zoning districts as stated in the Zoning <br />(Chapter 106, Code of Ordinances). At issue are fence requirement for mobile home <br />parks, height limit and placement of fences on the property line within the landscape <br />portion or front building setback line of commercial & industrial establishments. There <br />have been several requests to study the issue to determine if there is a uniform policy or <br />mechanism that better determine the height limits and erection of fence on the property <br />line in the front setback of residential, commercial and industrial establishments. <br /> <br />Existin2 Reauirements: <br /> <br />Definitions: <br /> <br />Fence: a manmade structural barrier erected on or around a piece of property or any <br />portion thereof <br /> <br />MH Park: manufactured housing park means a development under single ownership <br />intended for the rental or leasing only of manufactured housing units. <br /> <br />Regulations: <br /> <br />· No fences are permitted within any front yard areas except in the case of Large Lot <br />Residential Lots (> i-acre) or in the case of lots with a front yard directly adjacent to <br />the shoreline of Galveston Bay. <br /> <br />· Side and rear yard fences with six (6) feet excluding six-inch rot boards are <br />permitted <br /> <br />· Manufactured housing parks are permitted in Manufactured housing district (MH) <br />with special use performance standards and footnotes 'd & f' as listed in Section i 06- <br />334 of the Code of Ordinances. Footnote 'd' denotes obtaining required license and <br />file with the City, while footnote 'f' represents housing criteria with illustrations. <br />However, fencing is not required for manufactured housing parks. <br />