A. All fences may be erected, altered or reconstructed to a height not exceeding three feet above ground level when located in any front yard, four feet in any side yard and six feet in any rear yard. For purposes of this section only, an alleyway will not be considered a street. [Amended 2-10-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-4]

B. All fences must be erected entirely within the property line. No fence shall be erected within any public right-of-way.

C. All fences shall be maintained in a safe, sound and upright condition.

D. No fence shall be erected that is embedded with or made of pieces of glass, sharpened metal or sharp or otherwise hazardous material, nor shall any fence be erected which is intended to wound or injure persons or animals.

E. Nothing in this section shall be applied as to restrict the construction of a retaining wall necessary to retain earth at the level which it existed at the time of the passage of this chapter.

A. Where any commercial or industrial property abuts a residential use or zone, a landscaped buffer strip at least 10 feet in width shall be permanently maintained along the property line abutting the residential zone.

B. In any residential zone all parking areas, exclusive of the ingress and egress drive, having a capacity of more than four vehicles shall be screened from adjacent properties by a buffer strip of at least five feet in width.

C. Buffer areas shall consist of lawn area and massed evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs planted in such a manner that will provide a continuous visual screen throughout the entire year within a period of two full growing seasons following the planting of the buffer.

D. Evergreen and deciduous shrubs shall have a minimum height of three feet when planted and shall be of varieties which normally grow to a minimum height of six feet within two full growing seasons.

E. Required buffers may be used for no other purpose than as a buffer. The only structures that may be erected within a buffer area are fences as elsewhere regulated in this chapter. The height of shrubs planted in buffer areas shall be measured from the ground level around the base of the shrub to the top most part of the shrub, once the shrub has been properly planted in the ground. All nonpaved areas on properties used for any purpose other than farming shall be suitably landscaped with trees, shrubs, grass and other landscaping materials.

F. Where an area required for a buffer is already wooded, it shall be left in its natural state, and the existing growth shall be supplemented with additional plant material where necessary to bring the buffer area up to the minimum requirements of this chapter.