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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 896 Regulating Location of Construction of Height of Fences 63 ORDINAl~CE N~ffiER 896 Al~ ORDINAl~CE REGULATING THE LOCATION, CONSTRUCTION AND HEIGHT OF FENCES IN THE CITY OF ~lliST UNIVERSITY PLACE; PROHIBITING ELECTRICALLY C~RGED USE OF BiliqBED WIRE AND I~~ER- FERENCE vHTH UTILI'TIES; REQUIRING PERJ'vIIT; TIlE ROUGH SIDE OF FENCE FACE INSIDE; REQUIRING GATE INTO PRO- VIDING FOR LOCATION OF FENCES ON VACA1~ LOTS; PROVIDING A PENALTY; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE Al~D PROVIDING Al~ EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF TI-i:E CITY OF vJEST UNIV ERSITY PLACE, TEX.AS: Section 1. HhIGH~ OF FENCE. No fence or free standing wall may be constructed on my private property exceeding s:'.x (6') in height. Section 2. 'F'ENCE OR vJAT,T, ADR~RF, ~O RTTTT,DT1\TCi- T,TTi['fi;S. a. No fence, wall or other structure shall be erected on any lot or private premises which said fence, walloI' other structure shall extend the main wall of the front of the house located on said lot. the use of the term main wall as used herein, it is intended to mean the front wall of the building exclusive of front porch or entranceway. b. Wnere a corner lot has been sub-divided into two or more lots a fence may not be built to extend past ~he building line of the house on the lot abutting the corner property; or past the side building line adjacent to the side street of the corner house, whichever extends the furtherest. Section 3. FENC'F: NO~ ~o TTi]1T'F,RF'Fl~'F' vr~H TT~TT,T~Y T,Tl\TRS No brick, masonry or similar type of fence or 'Imll shall be erected which would interfere with the installation and maintenance of utility lines in the easement re- served therefor. Section 4. O\~~R MUST APPLY FOR PERMIT Pu~D PAY FEE. Before any fence or wall shall be constructed hereinafter on any lot, the owner of said lot shall apply to the Building Inspector for a permit for the erection of said fence or wall, and the cost of said permit shall be .00. Section 5. O\iN"ER MUST 'F'URNTSH T]\jT'OHMA~TON ON rpYFP, OF 'PF,N(;P AND WHERE FENCE IS TO BE CONSTRUCTED. No permit for the construction of a fence or wall shall be issued by the Building ctor unless and until he has been furnished with a letter or statement the of fence or "Tall to be constructed, the materials to be used and the places where such fence is to be constructed. Section 6. CONTRACTOR TO REMOVE DEBRIS. It shall be the responsi- bility of the contractor to clean up and remove from the premises all debris, dirt, scrap and broken pieces of concrete, caused as a result of the contruc- tion of the fence or wall. Section T. O~~~R ~IDST ESTABLISH PROPERTY LIN~S. responsibility of the OWner and contractor to establish the locate the fence or wall within said lines. It shall be the lines and 64 Section 8. NON-CONFORMING FENCE NOV'! IN EXISTENCE. In case where an existing fence or wall having heretofore been erected contrary to the pro- visions of this ordinance is to be removed or rebuilt, each new fence or wall must conform to this ordinance in all respects. Section 9. FACING OF FENCE. All fence s and the rough side of fence, either wood, metal, chain liQk, masonry or fence of any kind or shall face the inside of the lot or premises on which said fence is to be built. Section 10. FENCE GATE. ~~ere a new fence is to be constructed, or an existing fence is to be reconstructed, along the easement a gate with a minimum opening of thirty (30) inches must be built for ingress and egress into the public easement. The erection of such gate is to be for the use and convenience of public utility companies and City of West University service crev7S . Section 11. ELECTRICALLY CRJhqGED FENCES. It shall be unlawful for any person ovming or controlling any property in the City to construct, main- tain or permit to remain on said property any fence charged with electricity. Section 12. part of barbed wire. wire is permitted at knuckled. BARBED WIRE. No fence shall be constructed in whole or \Vhere chain link fence is used no twisting or bal~ing of the top selvage. All wire on the top selvage shall be Section 13. YlliS01~Y WALL. Masonry construction, which shall be of brick, vitrified clay tile, concrete tile, or monolithic reinforced concrete, shall be built according to the following specifications: a. At least eight inches thick for double-wall construction, which shall be of ei~her brick, vitrified clay tile, or concrete tile, at least six inches thick for single-wall construction, which shall be only of brick or monolithic reinforced concrete construc- -'- ' vlon. b. Pilasters shall be placed on not more than twelve-foot (12') centers, or adequate steel reinforcing shall be placed in the whole wall according to specifications by the City Engineer. c. Expansion join~s shall be placed on not more than 24-foot centers. d. The wall shall have a foundation, which shall rest on drilled footings to approved bearing soil, such footings shall be not less than twelve inches (12") in diameter, and each footing shall have not less than four (4) one-half inch (~") reinforcing rods with not less than one-fourth ) inch ties on three (3) foot centers. Foundation beams shall be not less than tvlelve (12") inches wide and not less than eighteen (18") inches deep with not less than four 5/8" reinforcing rods and 3/8" ties) on not less than 30-inch centers. e. A gate with a minimum opening of thirty (30") inches must be built for ingress and egress into the public easement. 65 Section 14. FENCES ON VACfu~T LOTS. Any fence construction or recon- struction on a lot or lots on vJhich no residence is located shall be construct- ed to comply with all of the setback requirements whicQ apply to the location of a residence on such lot or lots. No building t shall 'be issued for construction of s on a lot while a fence exists on such property which fence does not meet all requirements of this ordinance. Section 15. PARALLEL FENCES. No fence shall be erected to run parallel to an existing fence except in the rear easement and then a mlnlmum opening of thirty (30") inches in said rear fence shall be provided for in- gress and egress as set forth in Section 10. Section 16. PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS. Any person) agent or employee of any person) firm 0::: corporation violating the provisions of the preceding Sections of this ordinance shall be fined not less than $1.00 nor more than $200.00 and each day such person) firm or corporation shall allow such viola- tion to exist shall constitute a separate and additional offense. Section 1'7. ORDINA1~CE NO. '759 REPEALED. The passage and approval of this ordinance hereby repeals Ordinance No. '759, Section 18. ~vEBABILITY CLAUSE. If any section) sub-section) sen- tence) clause) phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held in- valid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction) such shall be deemed a separate) distinct and individual sion and such shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions thereof. Section in force immediately as required by law. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect and be from the date of its passage and approval and lication PASSED A1~ APPROVED this the of 1968. Commissioners Voting Aye: All Commissioners Voting No: None ATTEST: