Fences

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#99CC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0408dfc3.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Services"><B>Services</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Land Use"><B>Land Use</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id51.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Animals"><B>Animals</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id47.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Travel Trailer, Coaches, Boats and Trail"><B>Travel Trailer, Coaches, Boats and Trailers</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Temporary Outdoor Sales"><B>Temporary Outdoor Sales</B></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 style=" border-bottom: 3px solid #006600;" BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Roscommon Township</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Roscommon Township"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> For more information contact the Township.  This is brief and not a detail of the ordinance.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=398 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>Fences</I></div> <div> <B>Residential R-1, R-2, R-3 and light Commercial:</B></div> <bR> <div> A Land Use permit is required to put up a fence.</div> <bR> <div> 1.   Any fence, including, but not limited to, wood, masonry, woven wire, or chain </div> <div>       link.</div> <div> 2.   Height of fence is measured from  the ground and will not exceed six feet.</div> <div> 3.   No fence will be constructed of material that impairs the character of the</div> <div>       neighborhood.</div> <div> 4.   No fence will exceed four feet in height within fifty feet of any waterway, or</div> <div>       obstruct a line of sight to the waterway above four feet of any existing         </div> <div>       dwelling on adjacent property as drawn from the corner of such dwelling </div> <div>       nearest the proposed fence.</div> <div> 5.   Temporary fences for a specific purpose, such as a construction site</div> <div>       enclosure, or for special events, shall be allowed without a permit.  Fence </div> <div>       shall be erected no more than fifteen days prior and removed seven days </div> <div>       after event.  Snow fencing is allowed from October 1 to May 1.</div> <div> 6.   No fence shall be erected as to impair safe ingress and egress from any</div> <div>       highway, street or driveway.</div> <div> 7.   Any fencing, including plantings, endangering the health, safety or welfare of</div> <div>       the public will be repaired, replaced or removed.</div> <div> 8.  In R-1, R-2, R-3, no barbed wire or electric fences are permitted.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Commercial C-1, C-2 and Industrial</B></div> <bR> <div> 1.   Any fence, including, but not limited to, wood, masonry, woven wire, and or</div> <div>       chain link.</div> <div> 2.   Height of a fence cannot be higher than 8 feet from the ground.</div> <div> 3.   No fence will be constructed of material that impairs the character of the</div> <div>       neighborhood.</div> <div> 4.   No fence will exceed four feet in height within fifty feet of any waterway, or</div> <div>       obstruct a line of sight to the waterway above four feet of any existing         </div> <div>       dwelling on adjacent property as drawn from the corner of such dwelling </div> <div>       nearest the proposed fence.</div> <div> 5.  Temporary fences for a specific purpose, such as a construction site</div> <div>       enclosure, or for special events, shall be allowed without a permit.  Fence </div> <div>       shall be erected no more than fifteen days prior and removed seven days </div> <div>       after event.  Snow fencing is allowed from October 1 to May 1.</div> <div> 6.   No fence shall be erected, so as to impair safe ingress and egress from any</div> <div>       highway, street or driveway.</div> <div> 7.   Any fencing, including plantings, endangering the health, safety or welfare of</div> <div>       the public will be repaired, replaced or removed.</div> <div> 8.   Barb arm positioning will be determined by the LU officer with consideration</div> <div>       of the surrounding properties.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>