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ORDINANCE NO. 1219
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LYNWOOD AMENDING CHAPTER 25 OF THE LYNWOOD
^4UNICIPAL CODE, "ZONING," PERTAINING TO FENCES
AND WALLS IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
The City Council of the City of Lynwood DOES HEREBY
ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1. Section 25-4.7 a,b, and c is hereby
deleted in their entirety.
Section 2. Sections 25-4.7 a,b, and c is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"25-4.7 Walls and Fences, Residential Zones.
a. In any required front yard, a wall or fence shall
not exceed four (4) feet in height, except as provided in sub-
section 25-4.8 d. 13, provided the upper one (1) foot is open to
permit the transmission of light, air and vision through the
fence surface. The fence or wall shall be constructed of decorative
material compatible with the residential structure and the general
scheme of the neighborhood, specifically excluding chain link,
chicken wire and fiberglass.
b. A wall or fence generally parallel and located
within ten (10) feet of driveway shall not exceed four (4) feet
in height within the required front yard, provided the upper one
(1) foot is open to permit the transmission of light, air and
vision through the fence surface.
c. A wall or fence not more than six (6) feet in
height, as measured from the highest adjacent grade, may be
maintained along the interior side or rear lot lines."
Section 3. Section 25-16.7 shall be deleted in its
entirety. ,
Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection,
subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance
or the application thereof to any person or place, is for any
reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of
ary court or competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its
application to other persons or places. The City Council hereby
declares that it would have adopted this ordinance, and each
section thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion, or the
application thereof to any person or place, be declared invalid
or unconstitutional.
Section 5. The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed
to certify to the passage of this ordinance and to cause the same
to be published once in the Lynwood Press, a newspaper of general
circulation, printed, published, and circulated in the City of
Lynwood.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council
of said City held on the 17th day of January 1984,
and finally ordered published at a regular meeting o£ said Council
held on the 7th day of February , 1984.
AYES: COUNCILMEN BYURK, HENNING, kOWL, THOMPSON, P7URRIS
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
E. L. MORN ,Mayor
City of Lynwood
ATTEST:
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ANDREA L. HOOPER, City C1 r~ k
City of Lynwood
APPRO ED AS TO FORM:
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City At orney
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
VICENTE MAS, cting Dir of Community
Development
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
ss.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and
ex-officio clerk of the Council of said City, do hereby certify that the
above is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 1219 adopted by
the City Council of the City of Lynwood, and that the same was passed on
the date and by the vote therein stated.
Dated this 10th day of February 1984.
(SEAL)
City Clerk, City of Lynwood