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ORDINANCE NO. 2001- 20 <br />INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole <br />AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1157.08 (b) <br />OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF MAYFIELD VILLAGE <br />RELATING TO FENCES IN SIDE AND REAR YARDS <br />WHEREAS, it has been deemed necessary and in the best interest of the <br />residen and inhabitants of the Village of Mayfield to amend Section 1157.08 (b) of the <br />Codified dinances of the Village dealing with fences in side and rear yards. <br />NOW,'F?EREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF MAYFIELD <br />VILLAGE, OHIO\,\THAT: <br />ection 1157.08 (b) of the Codified Ordinances of the Village of <br />SECTION 1. "S,? <br />Mayfield is hereby and kerein amended to read as follows: <br />1157:08 FENCES; PERMIT; FEE. <br />* * * <br />(b) In Side and Rear rds. In side yards and rear yards in Class U-1, U- <br />2, U-3 and U-3AA Use Districts, the only fences permitted shall be as <br />follows: Split rail, chain lin , board and board and picket fences. Board <br />and board fences are to be b, ilt so the horizontal space between the <br />vertical boards in three and one-half inches, and not to exceed six-inch <br />board width. 7 <br />Open fences not over #frte six feet in height shall be permitted along the <br />side line of rear yards and along the reaR?ot line, provided such fences <br />shall have uniformly spaced openings aggre`gating twenty-five percent <br />(25%) of their surface areas between residerrtial properties. <br />However, an open or a closed fence not over eigh feet in height may be <br />placed along the rear or side line which separates idential properties <br />from property used for nonresidential purposes, subj?t to the written <br />approval of the Building Commissioner, who shall not giv`Ehis approval if <br />he finds that such proposed fence is unsafe or unsightly orl'at it obstructs <br />necessary light and air from adjacent property or that in some r?anner it <br />does not conform with ordinances of the Municipality. ? <br />On any side or rear yard fence, the supporting rails and posts shall f& <br />the interior of the property of the owner of the fence and shall not face <br />adjacent property; the finished side (a contrasted with the rough or <br />unfinished side) of the fence shall face the property of the adjacent <br />property owner. <br />* *