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Effective: J~uary 6, 1994
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ORDINANCE NO.
MC-889
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AMENDING SECTION
2 19.20.030(8) (C) OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL (DEVELOPMENT) CODE,
TO ALLOW CHAIN LINK FENCING IN ALL COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND
3 RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DESIGNATIONS.
4 THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO DO
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SECTION 1.
Section 19.20.030(8)(C), PROHIBITED FENCE
MATERIALSICHAIN LINK FENCING, of the Development Code is amended to
allow chain link fencing in all commercial, industrial and
residential land use designations when not adjacent to a public
street; and at the property lines of commercial or industrial
parcels when there is vacant land or buildings; and is amended to
read as follows (see Attachment A, Page III-7, of the Development
Code, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference]:
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"The use of barbed wire, electrified fence or razor wire
fence in conjunction with any fence, wall, roof, hedge,
or by itself within any land use district, is prohibited
unless required by any law or regulation of the City, the
State of California, Federal Government, or agency
thereof. Agricultural uses may use electrical fences if
approved by the Director.
Chain link fencing is permitted in all commercial,
industrial and residential land use districts. The fence
may only be located on side and rear property lines
behind the front yard setback, if the fence would not be
adjacent to a public street.
Chain link fencing, in
residential land use districts, shall have top rails and
post caps.
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six foot high chain link fencing is permitted at all
property lines for vacant commerciallindustrial lots or
buildings. The chain link fence shall be removed from
the front yard or any other location adjacent to a public
street by the ownerlapplicant at the time of development
or occupancy.
In addition, chain link fencing with neutral colored
slats may be used for outdoor storage areas located in
the CH, IL, IH, IE land use districts and within required
yards, if the fence would not be adjacent to a public
street. Landscaped planting of sufficient density and
height may be used to screen the fence from public view.
Additionally, chain link fencing may be used with tennis
courts, private and commercial, temporarily at
construction sites, and where it is required by any law
or regulation of the city, the state of California,
Federal Government, or agency thereof.
The above limitations shall not apply where the
prohibited fence material is required as a condition of
approval."
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1 ORDINANCE...AMENDING SECTION 19.20.030(8) (C) OF THE SAN BERNARDINO
MUNICIPAL (DEVELOPMENT) CODE, TO ALLOW CHAIN LINK FENCING IN ALL
2 COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DESIGNATIONS.
3 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted
4 by the Mayor and Common Council of the city of San Bernardino at a
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meeting thereof, held on the 6th
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Decembef 1993, by the following vote, to wit:
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10 CURLIN
11 HERNANDEZ
12 OBERHELMAN
13 DEVLIN
14 POPE-LUDLAM
15 MILLER
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The foregoing ordinance
December , 1993.
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Tom Ml.nOr, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
Approved as to form
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24 JAMES F. PENMAN,
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PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS -19.20
B. TRAFFIC SAFETY SITE AREA
On a corner lot, no fence, wall, hedge, sign or other structure, shrub-
bery, mounds of earth, or other visual obstruction over 30 inches in
height above the nearest street curb elevation shall be erected, placed,
planted, .01; allowed to grow within a, Traffic Safety Sight Area. The forego-
mg provlSlon shall not apply to public utility poles; trees trimmed (to the
trunk) to a line at least 6 feet above the level of the intersection; saplings
or plant species of open growth habits and not planted in the form of a
hedge, which are so planted and trimmed as to leave at all seasons a
clear and unobstructed crossview; supporting members of appurtenances
to permanent structures existing on the date this Development Code be-
comes effective; and official warning signs or signals.
C. PROHIBITED FENCE MATERIALS/CHAIN LINK FENONG
1. The use of barbed wire, electrified fence or razor wire fence in conjunction with any
fence, wall, roof, hedge, or by itself within any land use district, is prohibited unless
required by any law or regulation of the City, the State of California, Federal
Government, or agency thereof. Agricultural uses may use electrical fences if
approved by the Director.
2. Chain link fencing is permitted in all commercial, industrial and residential land use
districts. The fence may only be located on side and rear property lines behind the
front yard setback, if the fence would not be adjacent to a public street. Chain link
fencing, in residential land use districts, shall have top rails and post caps.
3. Six foot high chain link fencing is permitted at all property lines for vacant
commercial/industrial lots or buildings. The chain link fence shall be removed from
the front yard or any other location adjacent to a public street by the owner/applicant
at the time of development or occupancy.
4. In addition, chain link fencing with neutral colored slats may be used for outdoor
storage areas located in the CH, IL, IH, IE land use districts and within required
yards, if the fence would not be adjacent to a public street. Landscaped planting of
sufficient density and height may be used to screen the fence from public view.
Additionally, chain link fencing may be used with tennis courts, private and
commercial, temporarily at construction sites, and where it is required by any law or
regulation of the City, the State of California, Federal Government, or agency
thereof.
5. The above limitations shall not apply where the prohibited fence material is required
as a condition of approval.
ATTACHMENT A
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