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WORLD FENCE NEWS • JANUARY 2014 • arterial streets from abutting properties zoned single-family residential is prohibited. Openings in screens or gates in fences for such access is prohibited except where an arterial is the only access to the property. (d) Swimming pools. Swimming pools shall be fenced in accordance with the requirements of the Northglenn Swimming Pool Code. (e) Mechanical equipment. Building support equipment, including air conditioning and heating devices, but not including plumbing or exhaust vents, chimneys, or gas and water meters, shall be screened from view from abutting streets or properties. Roof-mounted equipment shall be screened by architectural features. Equipment at grade adjacent to the building shall be screened by landscaping or a privacy fence. Single-family detached dwellings and agricultural structures are excepted from the requirement to screen mechanical equipment. (f) Outdoor storage in industrial zones. Outside storage in industrial zones shall be screened on all sides by a privacy fence or screen no less than six feet high. Materials stored outside in industrial zones shall not protrude above the height of the fence or screen. (g) Trash enclosures. Except for single-family dwellings, outdoor trash storage areas shall be so located or enclosed that trash or trash containers are not visible to persons standing at ground level on public streets or adjacent properties. Trash enclosures, when necessary, shall provide screening by use of a privacy fence or wall no less than six feet high. Trash enclosures shall generally be of the same color and material as the principal building on the site. Materials used for fences, screens, and hedges. All fences and screens shall be of consistent design and material which is either new material or good, unbroken used material. (a) Permitted materials. Along any property line or in any building setback where visible from a public street, permitted materials include chain link, wood, masonry, decorative wrought iron, plastic or other manmade material manufactured for the purpose of fencing, or decorative tubular steel. Unless otherwise indicated in this section, any other material requires approval by the planning commission. (b) Prohibited material. Fences or screens constructed of chicken-wire or plastic, unless manufactured for the purpose of fencing, or plywood are prohibited along any property line or in any required building setback where visible from a public street. (c) Barbed wire. Except in agri- cultural zones, industrial zones, designated hazardous locations, and when and where approved by the city manager or his designee as not posing an unreasonable hazard, the use of barbed wire or other sharp pointed material as fences or screens or on top of fences, screens or retaining walls, is prohibited. Except in agricultural zones, barbed wire shall be allowed no lower than six feet above grade. (d) Electrically charged fence. No electrically charged fence shall be erected or maintained, except in agricultural zones. (e) Wood posts. Wood posts shall be redwood, cedar, all heartwood cypress, or any species of wood pressuretreated with an approved preservative. (f) Hedges and plantings. Plants which have thorns, spines, or prickles shall not be planted, maintained, or allowed by the property owner to encroach upon public right-of-way. Height of fences, screens, and hedges. (a) Exemptions from height limitations. The height limitations of this section do not apply to any fence enclosing part or all of a tennis court, swimming pool, playing field, park, recreation facility, electric substation, gas regulator station, sand and gravel excavation, or noise barrier fences approved by the director of community development. (b) Maximum height. The maximum height of any fence or screen shall be eight feet. Grade level for establishing fence or screen height shall 55 be the average of grade measured three feet from each side of the fence or screen. (c) Within the front setback. No fence, screen, or hedge of any type more than 42 inches in height shall be permitted between the front setback line of the building and the front property line. Fences, screens, or hedges up to eight feet in height in the front setback are allowed in industrial zones when approved by the planning commission. Design of fences, screens, and retaining walls. (a) Wind load. All fences, retaining walls, and screens shall be designed in accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Building Code. continued on next page u u u Buy American, Be American™ We are environmentally responsible