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Request for Action <br />ver <br />To <br />Item Number <br />Planning Commission <br />4.7 <br />Agenda Section <br />Meeting Date <br />Prepared by <br />Public Hearing <br />August 22, 2017 <br />Chris Leeseberg, Senior Planner <br />Item Description <br />Reviewed by <br />City of Elk River — Ordinance Amendment <br />BrieAnnagmon, Planner <br />■ 0rdinanceAmendment relating to fence <br />Reviewed by <br />height, Case No. OA 17 -09 <br />Action Requested <br />Recommend, by motion, approval of the proposed 0rdinanceAmendment. <br />Why is this amendment being proposed? <br />The ordinance currently limitsthe height of fencesend plantingsto 2' -6" within ten feet of thefront <br />property line. This was implemented to provide adequate visibly at street intersections. A few concerns <br />we hear from residents are as follows: <br />• 2' -6" is not a standard fence height (standard heights start at three feet) <br />• Limiting the fence height essentially removes 10 feet of usable property if they want to install <br />a privacy fence (typically six feet). <br />• A 2' -6" tall fence may not be able to contain large dogs to a yard. <br />What is the public benefit? <br />The ability for residents to better utilize their front yards in conjunction with fencing and to provide <br />adequate visibility at street intersections. <br />Background /Discussion <br />In order to maintain visibility at intersections, staff is recommending no <br />fencing or plantings (except turf grass) be allowed in a vision clearance <br />triangle. Staff is also recommending allowing any height fence, up to 6 feet <br />in residential, within ten feet of the front property line. <br />Vision clearance triangle means the area of a corner lot bounded by the right - <br />of -way lines and a line connecting the two points on the property lines 30 <br />feet from the intersection of the property lines. <br />Proposed Ordinance <br />0 <br />i <br />0 <br />r7 <br />30' -0" <br />(a) Fence restrictions. In any zone, on any lot, no fence or plantings (except turf grass) shall be <br />allowed in a vision clearance triangle. <br />(b) Height of fences in residentially Zoned districts. No fence on a lot in a residential zone, other than <br />retaining walls, shall be higher than six feet in height unless the adjoining lot is a non - residential <br />zone, in which case, the fence shall not exceed eight feet. <br />P0IYER10 8 Y <br />ATUR <br />