2412ORDINANCE NO. 2412
COUNCIL MEMBER WOLFF INTRODUCED THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY OF BLAIR ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION
1102 FENCES, HEDGES AND RETAINING WALLS IN REFERENCE TO THE
CONSTRUCTION OF FENCES IN THE REVERSE FRONT YARD; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BE IN FORCE AND EFFECT AND PROVIDING FOR THIS ORDINANCE TO BE
PUBLISHED IN PAMPHLET FORM.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BLAIR, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1 Section 1102 FENCES, HEDGES AND RETAINING WALLS of the Blair
Zoning Regulations of Blair, Nebraska is hereby amended as follows, to wit:
SECTION 1102 FENCES, HEDGES AND RETAINING WALLS
Fences and Hedges: Notwithstanding other provisions of this ordinance, fences and hedges may
be permitted in any required yard, provided that no fence or hedge along the sides or front edge of
any front yard shall be over three- and one-half feet (42 inch) in height. Additionally, no fence or
hedge shall exceed 2 I/2 feet (30 inch) in height when located within the sight triangle of a corner
lot.
A) The following regulations shall apply to the construction of fences.
1) No solid fence shall be constructed closer to the street than the front property line. If
the sidewalk is located within the front yard, no fence shall enclose the sidewalk, nor
shall a fence be constructed nearer than six inches (6") to the sidewalk.
2) No fence erected in a required front yard shall materially obstruct the public view. No
component of a front yard fence shall exceed forty-two inches (42") in height, nor shall
any structural member exceed thirty-six inches (36") in area, as measured using the
horizontal cross section.
3) No fence shall be constructed which will constitute a traffic hazard as identified in the
sight triangle of a corner lot (See Section 1101).
4) No fence constructed in the second front yard (the side yard abutting the street) of a
corner lot shall exceed forty-eight inches (48") in height. For the purposes of this
section, the "second front yard" shall be deemed to be in the area extending from the
front corner of the house to the rear lot line on the side of the lot immediately adjacent
to the City Street.
5) No fence constructed in the reverse front yard (third front) of a lot shall exceed six feet
(72") in height. On corner reverse lots, fences shall not exceed forty-eight inches (48")
in the second front.
6) No fence shall be constructed in such a manner or be of such design as to be hazardous
or dangerous to persons or animals by intent of its construction or by inadequate
maintenance (examples of hazardous or dangerous fences shall be wire strand fences
such as electrical conduit wire fences, barbed wire fences, chicken wire fences, etc.).
Permitted types of fences shall include chain link fencing, wood fencing (including
split rail and split rail with plastic coated wire backing), wrought iron, plastic, vinyl
and other ornamental fencing or masonry (see Item #7).
7) Applicants for masonry fences must first locate the property pins or have a licensed
surveyor locate or set the property pins to confirm the location of the property lines.
The side of concrete fences facing any adjoining property or right of way must be brick
or stone textured.
8) No fence within Residential Districts, except fences erected upon public or parochial
school grounds or in public parks and in public playgrounds, shall be constructed of a
height greater than six (6) feet.
9) All fences shall conform to the construction standards of the building code and other
ordinances.
10) In commercial and industrial districts, maximum height of fences shall be six (6) feet.
Except, when industry standards for certain types of businesses require fences of
greater heights, the Zoning Administrator at his/her discretion may allow greater
heights.
11) All fences or parts thereof which are solid shall be constructed so that all posts, braces,
stringers, and all other structural members faced to the interior or the lot or parcel being
fenced.
12) Effective from and after July 1, 1998, the Rules and Regulations of the International
Building Code pertaining to confinement and fencing of outdoor pools shall be in effect
and shall be enforced.
13) All fence posts shall be made of wood, wrought iron, plastic, vinyl, ornamental fencing,
and masonry or of similar material as the remainder of the fence.
SECTION 2 All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3 This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and following the
passage and publication hereof as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 8TH day of DECEMBER 2020.
CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA
BY (2�
RICHARD HANSE , MAYOR
ATTEST:
WHEELER, CITY
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WASHINGTON COUNTY )
BRENDA WHEELER hereby certifies that she is the duly appointed, qualified and acting City
Clerk of the City of Blair, Nebraska, and that the above and forgoing Ordinance was passed and
approved at a regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council of said City held on the 8th day of
December, 2020.
BRENDA WHEELER, CITY CLERK
State of Nebraska, County of Washington
Chris Rhoades, Being by me first duly sworn,
deposes and says that he is the Associate Publisher
of the Pilot -Tribune , a legal weekly newspaper
published at Blair, in Washington County,
Nebraska and of general circulation in said County
and State: that said newspaper has a bona fide
circulation of more than 3000 copies weekly, in
said County: and has been published in said County
for more than 52 successive weeks prior to the first
publication of the attached notice, that the attached
notice was published in said newspaper for 1
consecutive week(s) being the issues of.
December 15, 2020
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Associate Publisher Signature
Subscribed in my presence, and sworn to before me
this 15th day of December, 2020.
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GENERAL NOTARY � Mate of Nebraska
Tracy A. Prettyman
My Cmirn Exp. Sept. 10, 2021
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