Summary
Seven property owners are asking the city to allow fences that don't meet the fence ordinance — including setbacks, height, and water-adjacent privacy rules. The outcomes will determine whether these specific fences stay up, get modified, or come down.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 2
- Last 30 days
- 2
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Nov 5, 2026.
Impact analysis
Any removal or modification of noncompliant fencing would come at the property owners' own expense.
The applicants benefit if variances are granted; neighbors gain certainty about fence standards.
Neighbors could object if privacy or view-blocking fences are allowed where the code forbids them.
Mentions & discussions (2)
Fence Arb. - Nov 18, 2026
Seven property owners are asking the city to allow fences that don't meet the fence ordinance — including setbacks, height, and water-adjacent privacy rules. The outcomes will determine whether these specific fences stay up, get modified, or come down.
Zoning Boards of Appeals (ZBA) - Nov 5, 2026
A dental office on Greater Mack asked to keep its existing vinyl fence instead of building the 6-foot concrete wall the ordinance requires.
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Danielson Endodontics fence variance
Approval would let the commercial property keep its current fence instead of building a wall.
Case #18-2026
Approval would let the fence sit farther forward than the ordinance's front-building-line rule allows.
Case #13-2026
Water-adjacent properties face stricter fence rules, so a replacement fence isn't automatic even where one already exists.
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