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Fence Regulations
1. General. The following are required of all fences installed in the Village of Grafton:
All fences shall be maintained in good repair and in structurally sound condition. All fences shall be constructed and maintained in a good aesthetic condition and in such a manner and of such materials and colors so as not to adversely affect the value of adjoining property or property in the immediate neighborhood. No fence may be constructed or maintained which is detrimental to human life or safety or causes a traffic hazard. All fences shall be constructed and maintained straight, plumb and of an even height along its length, except such deviations as required by grade.
No advertising or signs shall be permitted on any fence in any zoning district.
No materials shall be stored between a fence located adjacent to a lot line and the lot line.
Fencing shall be constructed with the finished or decorative side facing the adjacent or abutting property or street.
Snow fencing will only be permitted between November 15 and April 15 of the following year.
2. Fencing in Residential Zoning Districts.
Fences having a height of six (6) feet or less may be used to locate property lines within the required side and rear yard areas in the residential districts.
Fences may not be within the front yard, except decorative fencing not exceeding a maximum height of four (4) feet may be installed within the front yard areas in the residential districts. Chain-link fences shall not be allowed in the front yards of residential districts.
In MFR-1, MFR-2, and residential PUD Districts, where aesthetic appearance may require a fence or wall to shield parking lots or other unattractive areas or to generally improve the aesthetics of the development, a wall or fence may be erected in the front yard of the development by approval of the Plan Commission, and which approval may include design or other architectural requirements.
No barbed wire, chicken wire (except for gardening purposes), razor wire, or electrically charged fences shall be allowed in residential zoning districts.
Snow fencing will only be permitted between November 15 and April 15 of the following year.
3. Fencing in Nonresidential Zoning Districts (excluding A-1, A-2, A-3, I, and PR Districts).
Fences may be located in side and rear yards only (not in street yard) in nonresidential zoning districts.
Fences installed in nonresidential zoning districts shall not exceed six (6) feet in height, except when required to enclose outside storage areas or when approved by the Plan Commission may be up to ten (10) feet in height.
Fencing constructed to enclose outside storage areas shall be at least eight (8) feet in height and in no case lower in height than the enclosed storage area.
Barbed wire may be allowed on the top of fences eight (8) feet or more in height.
All fencing constructed to enclose outside storage areas in nonresidential zoning districts shall be approved by the Plan Commission.
4. Fencing in the A-1, A-2, and A-3 Zoning Districts.
Fencing shall be permitted in all yards in the A-1, A-2, and A-3 Districts and in all yards on legal nonconforming agricultural uses for replacement of existing fencing. Fencing shall be permitted in front yards only for the enclosure of cultivated fields, pastures and animal pens.
Fencing for areas other than those described in Paragraph a. above shall comply with the residential zoning district fencing requirements.
Fencing may be constructed in the A-1, A-2, and A-3 Districts for cultivated fields and pastures before a principal structure is present.
All fences shall be maintained in good repair and in structurally sound condition. All fences shall be constructed and maintained in a good aesthetic condition and in such a manner and of such materials and colors so as not to adversely affect the value of adjoining property or property in the immediate neighborhood. No fence may be constructed or maintained which is detrimental to human life or safety or causes a traffic hazard. All fences shall be constructed and maintained straight, plumb and of an even height along its length, except such deviations as required by grade.
No advertising or signs shall be permitted on any fence in any zoning district.
No materials shall be stored between a fence located adjacent to a lot line and the lot line.
Fencing shall be constructed with the finished or decorative side facing the adjacent or abutting property or street.
Snow fencing will only be permitted between November 15 and April 15 of the following year.
2. Fencing in Residential Zoning Districts.
Fences having a height of six (6) feet or less may be used to locate property lines within the required side and rear yard areas in the residential districts.
Fences may not be within the front yard, except decorative fencing not exceeding a maximum height of four (4) feet may be installed within the front yard areas in the residential districts. Chain-link fences shall not be allowed in the front yards of residential districts.
In MFR-1, MFR-2, and residential PUD Districts, where aesthetic appearance may require a fence or wall to shield parking lots or other unattractive areas or to generally improve the aesthetics of the development, a wall or fence may be erected in the front yard of the development by approval of the Plan Commission, and which approval may include design or other architectural requirements.
No barbed wire, chicken wire (except for gardening purposes), razor wire, or electrically charged fences shall be allowed in residential zoning districts.
Snow fencing will only be permitted between November 15 and April 15 of the following year.
3. Fencing in Nonresidential Zoning Districts (excluding A-1, A-2, A-3, I, and PR Districts).
Fences may be located in side and rear yards only (not in street yard) in nonresidential zoning districts.
Fences installed in nonresidential zoning districts shall not exceed six (6) feet in height, except when required to enclose outside storage areas or when approved by the Plan Commission may be up to ten (10) feet in height.
Fencing constructed to enclose outside storage areas shall be at least eight (8) feet in height and in no case lower in height than the enclosed storage area.
Barbed wire may be allowed on the top of fences eight (8) feet or more in height.
All fencing constructed to enclose outside storage areas in nonresidential zoning districts shall be approved by the Plan Commission.
4. Fencing in the A-1, A-2, and A-3 Zoning Districts.
Fencing shall be permitted in all yards in the A-1, A-2, and A-3 Districts and in all yards on legal nonconforming agricultural uses for replacement of existing fencing. Fencing shall be permitted in front yards only for the enclosure of cultivated fields, pastures and animal pens.
Fencing for areas other than those described in Paragraph a. above shall comply with the residential zoning district fencing requirements.
Fencing may be constructed in the A-1, A-2, and A-3 Districts for cultivated fields and pastures before a principal structure is present.