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No permit is required for a fence

You must know where the property boundaries are. (Property survey, boundary markers-lines or monuments.)

We recommend you verify the property line with the neighboring property owners before you begin the work to identify any disputes

Must be in accordance with Sections 2.2.14 & 2.1.8 of the Windsor Zoning Regulations.

Fences, walls and hedges (2.2.14)

1. In residential zones no fence, hedge or wall in excess of four feet in height may be erected within five feet of any property line in the required front yard. Higher fences, hedges or walls up to a maximum height of six feet may be erected within the front yard if they are set back five feet from the property lines for each additional one foot of height. No fence, hedge or wall exceeding six feet in height may be erected within any required side or rear yard. No fence, wall or hedge, the gross area of which is 80 percent or less open, shall be located within a ten-foot radius of the intersection of any driveway edge and a street property line. This does not apply to wire, stretcher, hurdle, post and rail and split rail fences that do not present impairment to visibility
2. In nonresidential zones, fences having openings in excess of 80 percent of their gross area may be built to a height of eight feet. Other types of fences or walls shall be no greater than six feet in height.
3. Walls, fences or hedges higher than those indicated in A and B may be allowed if expressly required by Commission as retaining walls or for screen purposes.

1. Required Rear Yard
2. Required Side Yard
3. Required Front Yard
4. No fence, wall or hedge, the gross area of which is 80% or less open, shall be located within a ten-foot radius of the intersection of any driveway edge and a street property line.
5. No fence, hedge, or wall exceeding six feet in height may be erected within any required side or rear yard.
6. Fences over six feet in height must be set back from the property line in the same manner as building walls.
7. No fence, hedge, or wall exceeding four feet in height may be erected within five feet of any property line in the required front yard. Higher fences, hedges, or walls up to a maximum height of six feet may be erected within the front yard if they are set back five feet from the property lines for each additional one foot in height (H)

On no lot shall any wall, fence, structure planting or obstruction to vision be erected, maintained, placed or planted which unreasonably or dangerously obstructs or interferes with the visibility of drivers of vehicles on a curve or at any street intersection. The minimum vision clearance shall require that no wall, fence, structure or planting exceed a height of two feet above the street grade (except for street trees or other high-branching trees) within the triangular area formed by the intersection of street lines and a straight line connecting those points on said street lines which are 35 feet distant from the point of intersection.

Visibility at intersections (2.1.8)

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