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ORDINANCE NUMBER��-14, SECOND SERIES <br /> ,� AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAP'rER��OF THE CITY CODE <br /> REGARDING FENCES <br /> CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES <br /> COUN1'Y OF CROW WING <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> The City Council of the City of Pequot Lakes does ordain as follows: <br /> Purpose and Intent: The purpose and intent of this ordinance is to amend Chapter <br /> 1�of the Pequot Lakes City Code regarding fence standards. <br /> Amendment: Chapter 1�,Article 7.3 shall be amended as follows: <br /> Section 1�-�.3 FENCES <br /> 1. Safety Hazards.Fences shall not be erected where they create a visual safety <br /> hazard in the opinion of the Zoning Administrator. Fences sha11 not be electrified <br /> or contain barbed wire except in areas where contact with the general public is not <br /> anticipated. <br /> 2. Location and Orientation.All boundary line fences shall be entirely located <br /> upon the property of the person constructing such fence unless the owner of the <br /> '� property adjoining agrees, in writing, that such fence may be erected on the <br /> division line of the respective properties. Fences on property lines will require a <br /> survey to determine location. Fences may not be placed within a shore or bluff <br /> impact zone. No fence or planting in excess of thirty(30) inches above the street <br /> center line grade sha11 be erected on a corner lot within a triangular area defined <br /> as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the projected property lines of two <br /> intersecting streets, twenty (20) feet along one property line and diagonally to a <br /> point twenty(20)feet from the point of beginning on the other property line. <br /> 3. Construction. The "good side" of the fence shall face abutting properties, <br /> meaning that the posts shall face in toward the property on which the fence sits <br /> and the finished face of the fence shall face abutting properties. <br /> 4. Height. Height is regulated for each district in Article 5. <br /> 5. Maintenance. Fences shall be maintained to retain their aesthetic quality, <br /> screening abilities, and function. Missing boards, rusting wire and posts, and <br /> peeling paint shall be taken care of at the owner's expense as they occur. If the <br /> fence is within two feet of a property line, the adjoining property owner abutting <br /> the fence is allowed to finish the side of the fence facing their property. <br /> � <br /> 1 <br />