ORDINANCE NO. 1370

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6 a. OF CHAPTER 32, THE ZONING ORDINANCE, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION CONCERNING FENCES.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION:

That Section 6 a. SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS, Chapter 32 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction be amended to read as follows:

Section 6. SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS

a. Fences. Fences or walls not exceeding thirty (30) inches in height may be erected on any part of a lot in any "R" Residential zone district except as further regulated on corner lots, between the front line of the lot and the front set-back line for structures. Such fences may be increased to forty-eight (48) inches maximum height if a ratio of two-thirds (2/3) open space to one-third (1/3) closed space per square foot is maintained in that part of the fence or wall extending above the thirty (30) inch height. On any other part of the lot, fences may be erected to a height not exceeding eight (8) feet. Any request for a fence permit to build a fence over six (6) feet in height shall be accompanied by a letter of consent from adjoining property owners on each side and to the rear. The height of such wall or fences shall be determined by the measurement from the ground level at the lowest grade level within three (3) feet of either side of such fences or walls. If an "R" Residential tract faces into a "B" Business, "C" Commercial, "I" Industrial, or "P" Parking zone district, the height of the fence in front of the setback line for structures may be four (4) feet high.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of September, 1970.

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R. G. Youngerman\President of the Council

ATTEST:

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Helen C. Tomlinson\City Clerk

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1370, was introduced, read, and ordered published by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 5th day of August, 1970, and that the same was published in the Daily Sentinel a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City at least ten days before its final passage.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 3rd day of September, 1970.

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Helen C. Tomlinson\City Clerk

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Final Pub 9-7-70