Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Residential districts
Extracted standards
5 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Fencing & walls
- Residential corner lot secondary front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. fence max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.7 ft
On corner and through lots, except as further restricted by section 78-21(e), Visibility clearance, fences or walls up to and including seven feet in height may be located in secondary front setbacks (a front setback that is located to the architectural side or rear of the structure as determined by the zoning administrator) with the approval (if it is approved) of an administrative adjustment per section 78-155.5...
- Residential corner lot secondary front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. fence pavement distance11.5 ft
No fence or wall exceeding four feet in height located within a secondary front setback on the property shall be closer than 11.5 feet from edge of pavement or gravel along public rights-of-way without sidewalks or trails.
- Residential corner lot secondary front setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. fence sidewalk distance3 ft
No fence or wall exceeding four feet in height located within a secondary front setback on the property shall be closer than three feet from the edge of a sidewalk or trail closest to the principal structure along public rights-of-way.
- Residential fence max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line.4 ft
Fences or walls up to and including four feet in height may be located within any required setback or yard, except as further restricted by section 78-21(e), Visibility clearance.
- Residential fence max heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first. in rear/side yardYardThe open space left between a building and its lot line — the space a setback creates.7 ft
Fences and walls up to and including seven feet in height may be located within a required rear yard or required side yard. However, fences and walls in excess of four feet in height shall not extend forward of the architectural front of the principal structure or be located between any portion of the architectural front of the principal structure and the required front setback except as permitted by section 78-115.2(j), perimeter fences and walls for residential development.
From the ordinance
Height and location standards for walls and fences in residential districts.