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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-83- <br /> <br />section 10 - 500 General Fencing and LandscaDinq Requirements <br /> <br />10 - 501 No fences, structures, grading, or barrier hedges shall be <br />permitted within any front yard areas except in the case of <br />large lot residential lots, or in the case of lots with a <br />front yard directly adjacent to the shoreline of Galveston <br />Bay, as provided below. <br /> <br />10 - 502 In the case of large lot residential lots, six feet (6') <br />perimeter fences are permitted as an accessory use. In the <br />case of lots with a front yard directly adj acent to the <br />shoreline of Galveston Bay, four feet (41) front yard fences <br />are permitted parallel and adjacent to the side lot lines. <br />However, said fences shall not be permitted on the front lot <br />line directly adjacent to Galveston Bay, and shall only be <br />constituted of chain link. These exceptions do not permit <br />structures, grading, or barrier hedges. <br /> <br />10 - 503 Within side yards and rear yards, fences of not higher than <br />six feet (6') excluding six inch (6") rot boards and walls <br />forty-two inches (42") high or less shall be permitted. <br /> <br />10 - 504 Fences or trees placed upon utility easements are subject to <br />removal at the owner's expense if required for the maintenance <br />or improvement of the utility. Trees on utility easements <br />containing overhead wires shall not exceed ten feet (101) in <br />height. <br /> <br />10 - 505 Both sides of the fence must be maintained in good condition <br />by the owner of the fence. <br /> <br />10 - 506 Barbed wire fences shall not be permitted, used or constructed <br />except in industrial districts or to control livestock as <br />hereinafter provided. <br /> <br />10 - 507 Property line fences in any industrial district shall not <br />exceed eight feet (8') in height except that: <br /> <br />1. Fences erected along a property line in common with a <br />residential district shall be subject to the provisions <br />herein described in residential district fences, and <br /> <br />2. Fences in commercial and industrial zones which are <br />primarily erected as a security measure may have arms <br />projecting into the applicant's property on which barbed <br />wire can be fastened commencing at a point at least seven <br />feet (7') above the ground, and such fence <br /> <br />\fXHIB1T D <br />