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64 • JUNE 2015 • WORLD FENCE NEWS Visit Logical Decisions at www.ldi.com Your Gate Operator Specialist Find us on property therein, or a fence intended to deny access to a dangerous proper- ty or location. It shall be unlawful for any per- son, firm, or corporation to construct or cause to have constructed any fence upon any property within the corpo- rate limits of the Village of Ontona- gon, except in accordance with the requirements and restrictions herein provided. Permit required Any person desiring to build or cause to be built a fence upon prop- erty within the corporate limits of the Village of Ontonagon shall first apply to the zoning department for a permit to do so. Application for such permit shall contain any and all information, including drawings, required and nec- essary for the determination of wheth- er the erection of such fence would be contrary to the provisions of this ordinance or the laws of the State of Michigan. Requirements by zoning district (a) R-1 Residential District – R-2 Residential District – R-3 Residential District. Height: Fences shall not exceed six feet in height. Exceptions: Where a fence is within 10 feet of an adjoining lot con- taining a one or two family dwelling, it shall not exceed four feet in height between the rear line of that dwelling and its front property line as defined in the zoning ordinance. If the adjoining lot is vacant but could contain a one or two family dwelling, the fence shall not exceed four feet in height between the rear yard (defined in the zoning ordinance) and the front property line. A fence in a required front yard may not exceed four feet in height. Construction: Fences may be of solid construction. A screening fence authorized or required by Village or- dinance or administrative board or of- ficial, or by state law, may be of solid construction. (b) B-1 General Business District. Height: Fences shall not exceed six feet in height. Construction: Fences may be of solid or closed construction. A screen- ing fence authorized or required by Village ordinance or administrative board or official, or by state law, may be of solid construction. (c) I-1 Light Industrial District – I-1 Industrial District. Height: Fences shall not exceed 10 feet in height. Construction: Fences may be of solid or of closed construction. Requirements applicable to all fences (a) All fences must be located on the private property of the person, firm, or corporation constructing the fence, and shall not extend toward the street beyond the front property line. (b) Fences shall be constructed with boards, chain link construction, or other suitable material firmly con- nected to posts sunk in the soil at least two feet or more as necessary to prop- erly support the fence. (c) Except where partition fences between two properties may be erect- ed by written agreement between the owners, thereof, the boards, chain link, or other material used in the building of a fence shall be fixed to that side of the posts nearest to the property line. (d) No fence shall be constructed, maintained, or placed on any property in the Village of Ontonagon of met- al construction or otherwise, which is charged or connected with an elec- trical current in such manner as to transmit said current to persons, ani- mals, or things which intentionally or unintentionally might come in contact with it. (e) Barbed wire is prohibited in the Village of Ontonagon except as permitted by the Board of Zoning Ap- peals on approved protective measure fences. (f) Concertina wire, and similar types of fence with sharp edges de- signed to injure, are prohibited in the Village of Ontonagon. (g) No fence located at a street intersection may exceed three feet in height within a clear vision triangle formed by measuring 25 feet along each property line from the corner of the right of way. Special purpose fences (a) Swimming pools: All swim- ming pools with a water depth of two feet or greater at any point shall be en- closed with a six foot high fence, not closer than four feet from the pool's edge on any side. Gates in the fence shall have a self-latching catch or lock located not closer to the grade than four feet and otherwise made inaccessible from the outside to small children. (b) Protective measures fence: A protective measures fence may only be erected upon a finding by the Board of Zoning Appeals of the need for such fence. The Board's established procedures for filing fee, notice, and hearing shall be followed. 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