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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 0647ORDINANCE NO. 647 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE LOCATION AND HEIGHT OF FENCES,. WALLS, AND HEDGES, AND PRESCRIBING THE STANDARD OF CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN TYPES OF WALLS AND FENCES. The City Council of the City of Lynwood. does ordain as follows: Section l: No person, firm, or corporation shall maintain a hedge or erect any fence, wall, or other enclosure unless it con- Forms to the following regulations: A. Location and Height. 1. R Zones. (a) Interior lots. Between street and front set= back lines, they shall not exceed. forty-two (42 ). inches in height. (b) Corner hots. Between street and front set- back line, and. between street and. side yard setback line, they shall not exceed. forty-two (42) inches in height. (c) Reverse corner lots. Between street and. front setback line, between street and. side yard. set- back line, and. in rear yard. between street and. twice the required. side yard width, they shall not exceed. forty-two (42) inches in height. 2. C and M Zones. ~(a) Public parking and. used. car sales areas abutting R.Zones shall have 5~0" solid. protective fences shielding all R zoned properties. (b) All property classified for and. used. for M purposes and. which faces, sides, or abuts R Zones shall be fenced. with a solid. wall or fence a minimum of 6C0" high, shielding all R property from such M uses. Such fences shall be ,approved. by the Administrative Committee of -1- the Planning Commission. {c) A wall, fence, or hedge not to,exeeed 81.0" high may be located. on all interior lot lines, except where setback lines have been established. by ordinance, the same shall not encroach on setback area. 3. Exceptions. City-owned. property, school property, and. property in use for electrical substation pur- poses are exempted. from the height limitations of this ordinance. 4. Unless otherwise prohibited. in this ordinance, a hedge may be maintained. or a fence, wall, or other enclosure erected. to a maximum height of seventy-two (72) inches at the front, side, or rear lot lines of properties within said. city. 5. Swimming Pool Fences. Any and. all swimming pools shall be enclosed. by a fence or yard. wall not less than six (6) feet in height. 6. Prohibited. Fences. No barbed. wire or other sharp pointed. fence and. no electrically charged fence shall be erected, constructed, or maintained. in.the city. 7. Variance in R Zones. The Building Official may, upon application duly made, allow the construction of a fence exceeding six (6) feet but not to exceed. eight (8) feet in height along the side or rear property line to the rear of the front setback line,.providing the written consent of each property owner directly affected~is obtained.. B. Standards of Construction. 1. On chain link metal posts, wooden fences, or post and. slab fences, all supporting post members shall be set twenty-four (24) inches into base soil with concrete base four (4) inches in all dimensions larger than _2_ the post. Wood. posts in the ground. shall be con- struction grade redwood. or cedar. 2. On all masonry type fences, foundation shall be twelve (12) inches wide up to six (6) feet in height, and. fourteen (14) inches wide up to eight (8) feet in height, with a depth of twelve (12) .. ..inches into firm, undisturbed. soil. 3: ~ ._. _ ~ On walls to a maximum height of four (4) feet, ' steel shall be 3/8 vertical spaced. 48 inches on center, with hook bar 8 inches in foundation and. to 1 inch of top block of wall, f,/,.~ "shall be 3/8 inch horizontal bar on top of lowest run of blocks, and. 3/8 inch horizontal under the top row of blocks, with all cells of wall containing reinforcing to be solid. grouted. one (1) part cement, two (2)'parts sand., and. three (3) parts pea. gravel. 4. On walls to a maximum height of seven (7) and eight (8) feet, both vertical and. horizontal steel shall be twenty-four (24) inches on center and solid. grouted.. C. Permits and. Fees. l., Permit. No person, firm, or corporation .shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, or repair any fence or wall in said. city, or cause the same to be done, without first obtaining a separate building permit for each such fence or wall from the Building Official of said. city. 2. Permit Fees. No fee shall be charged. for a permit for the erection of chain link metal post .fences, wooden fences, post and. slab fences. Fees for the construction of all other types of fences shall be paid to the Building Official of said. city as set forth in Table No. 3-A of the -3- Uniform Building Code. Section 2. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ord.inahce shall be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor and. upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not to exceed. five hundred. dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment in the City Jail of the City of Lynwood. or the County Jail o£ Los Angeles County, State of California, for a period of time not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person, firm, or corporation shall be deemed. guilty of a separate offense for every day during any portion of which violation of any provision of this ordinance is committed, 'continued., or permitted. by such person, firm, or corporation, and shawl be punishable therefor as provided by this ordinance. Section 3. Non-conformity. Any fence, yard. wall, or retaining wall lawfully erected. or constructed prior to the effective date of this ordinance and. not conforming with~the requirements of this ordinance shall be classified. as non-conforming and. shall be subject to all applicabl_o provisions concerning non-conforming uses as same are contained in the zoning code of the city. Section 4. Invalidity. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance for any reason is held. to be invalid. or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent juris- diction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed. this ordinance and. each section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more of the sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases thereof are declared. invalid or unconstitutional. Section 5. City Ordinance No. 515 and all other ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, hereby repealed., provided, however, that no .provision of this ordinance shall be deemed. to mitigate any of the provisions of the Uniform Building Code, nor to conflict with the setback or zoning ordinance .of said. city. -~- Section 6: 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 cir- culation, 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 jrd day of April, 1956, and. finally adopted and. ordered. published. at a regular meeting of said. Council held. on the 17th day of April, 1956 by the following vote: - Ayes: Councilmen; Bruner. McMeekin' Pearson Pend.er and. Willard. Noes: Councilmen: None. Absent: Councilmen: A~ ST: 1 1 i CI CLER ITY OD STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELESa as. CITY OF LYNWOOD ) I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwooda and ex-officio clerk of the Council of said City, do hereby certify that the above is a. true a.nd Corr°ect copy of Ordinanoe No, 647 adopted by the City Council of the City of Lynwood and. that same was paw ed on the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 18th day of ~9~nri]~a 19,~mo ~ ®~