87-84 Amend sect 1319.03(a) Bldg - front yard fences

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SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE PLACED ON FIRST READING 9-4-84 PLACED ON SECOND READING 9-17-84 ORDINANCE: 87-84 Brown, Chinnock, Graham, Salmon, Wendl ing An Emergency Ordinance to amend Section 1319.03(a) of the Building Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood relating to restrictions on front yard fences. WHEREAS, pursuant to the current Building Code, property owners have been prohibited from replacing or erecting attractive decorative fences in front of their homes, and WHEREAS, this Council wishes to encourage property owners to rehabilitate their homes and to make architecturally pleasing improvements to their properties, and WHEREAS, decorative fences have existed as original architectural accent structures in this "City of Homes", and WHEREAS, this Council is of the opinion that such decorative fences should be permitted without having to file an appeal with the Board of Building Standards so long as the erection of the fence does not Constitute a hazard and meets the conditions herein stated, and WHEREAS, this ordinance constitutes an emergency measure providing for the immediatae preservation of the public safety and welfare and for the usual daily operations of a municipal department; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That Section 1319.03(a) of'the Building Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood now reading as follows: 1319.03 REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS (a) No fence, wall, building or portion of a building shall be erected, placed or extended above the curb level between a building line and the street line, and no living fence shall be permitted to exceed three feet in height above the curb line provided, however, on corner lots the Building Commissioner may issue a permit for a fence to be erected along the property line abutting the side street to extend from the rear property line to the front building line upon determination by the Chief of Police and the Building Commissioner that such fence does not obstruct the view of traffic or constitute a hazard. shall be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: