Fence and Hedge Ordinance - City of Escanaba

Sec. 11-3. Height.(a) Front yard. In residential and local business zones, fences and hedges in the front yard areashall not exceed four (4) feet in height.(b) Side and rear yards. In residential and local business zones, fences and hedges in the sideand rear yard area shall not exceed six (6) feet in height.(c) Corner lots. In residential and local business zones, on a corner lot, fences and hedgesnearer the street than the established building line shall not exceed four (4) feet in height.(Code 1969, § 152.04)Sec. 11-4. Extension of fences and hedges restricted.(a) No partition fence or hedge shall extend towards the street beyond two (2) feet from theestablished lot line, nor shall any fence or hedge or portion thereof be erected in any area on orparallel to the front lot line except that it shall be located a minimum of two (2) feet behind theinside edge of the established sidewalk line. It shall be deemed unlawful to plant or cause to haveplanted any shrub or bush outside of the established sidewalk line.(b) No portion of this chapter shall be construed to allow any hedge growth to extend towardthe street beyond two (2) feet from the established lot line.(Code 1969, § 152.05)Sec. 11-5. Types of fences restricted.(a) No person being the owner, lessee, occupant or agent for the same, of any building in thecity shall erect, cause to be erected, or maintain on or about the walk or stairway to the entranceto such building, any railing, fence, guard or other projection on which there shall be affixed orplaced, or in any manner attached, any barbed wire construction, nor shall there be maintained,either partially or wholly, around any area adjacent to any street, alley, lane or public way, or in oralong any street or sidewalk in front or adjacent to any public space or place, or nail or cause thesame to be nailed or fastened, in any form, shape or manner, upon any partition form, any suchbarbed wire construction, nor shall any electrical current be charged through any fencewhatsoever.(b) A permit granted by the city engineering department shall be required of those individualswishing to erect a protective measures fence; such permit shall be granted only afterdemonstration of the need of such fence. The owner, or agent thereof, of a protective measuresfence shall be granted permission to erect necessary and reasonable barriers along the uppermostedge of the protective measures fence that he deems reasonable for the protection of propertywithin the enclosed area.(Code 1969, § 152.06; Ord. No. 932, Ch. I, 12-4-97)Sec. 11-6. Owner liable for fence or hedge near sidewalk.