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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2013 - 2 BY: Council Member Orlowski AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1369.03, "GENERAL REQUIRMENTS FOR FENCES AND SCREEN WALLS" OF BUILDING CODE CHAPTER 1369 ENTITLED "FENCES AND SCREEN WALLS" IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH ADDITIDNAL MINIMUM STANDARDS. WHEREAS, this Council via Ord. 1999-100 established building regulations for fences and screens walls and codified the same in Chapter 1369 of the Building Code; and WHEREAS, this Colmcil via Ord. 2011-93 changed substantive standards and procedures regarding regulations of fences and screen walls, all as set forth in Chapter 1369 of the Building Code; and WHEREAS, addition amendments are required to insure, among other things, that access is preserved for maintenance and that storage is prohibited between back to back fences; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to adopt amendments to Section 1369.03 of Chapter 1369 of the Building Code. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That Section 1369.03 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted entitled "General Requirements for Fences and Screen Walls," which presently reads in its entirety as follows: 1369.03 PERMIT AND INSPECTION (a) No fence shall be constructed until a permit has been issued by the Building Department and the applicable fee is paid. The application for a permit shall include plans or drawings showing the actual and accurate shape and dimensions of the property on which the fence or wall is to be erected; the exact height, location, length, type of material, type of construction of such proposed fence or wall; the location of all buildings on the lot; and other information deemed necessary by the Building Commissioner in order to ensure that such fence or wall is constructed in compliance with this Code. (b) Each property owner shall determine property lines prior to constructing a fence and shall ascertain that the fence thus constructed does not deviate from the plans as approved by the Building Commissioner and does not encroach upon another lot or parcel of land. The owner shall either: (1) Submit a copy of a survey drawing indicating the location of property lines in the area of the proposed fence; or