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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON <br /> <br /> ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA <br /> <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 855 <br /> <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION (c) OF ~2-5.37 <br /> (.FRONT YARDS: REQUIREMENTS AND EXCEPTIONS) AND <br /> SUBSECTION (f) OF ~2-5.38 (SIDE AND REAR YARD: <br /> REQUIREMENTS AND EXCEPTIONS) OF ARTICLE 3 (SITE, <br /> YARD, BULK, USABLE OPEN SPACE AND SCREENING AND <br /> LANDSCAPING REGULATIONS), CHAPTER 2, TITLE II <br /> (ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT) OF THE ORDINANCE CODE <br /> OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RELATING TO FENCES, WALLS <br /> AND HEDGES IN FRONT, SIDE AND REAR YARDS <br /> <br />THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. Subsection (c) of Section 2-5.37 of Article 3, Chapter 2, <br /> Title II of the Ordinance Code of the City of Pleasanton is <br /> hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: <br /> <br /> (c) No fence, hedge, or other screen planting in a re- <br /> quired front yard shall exceed two and one half feet <br /> in height except that higher decorative structures <br /> or planting screens incorporated into an identifiable <br /> landscaping scheme may be located in a required front <br /> yard provided that: <br /> <br /> 1) no such structure or screen shall exceed six <br /> feet in height except decorative gate arch- <br /> ways which may be a maximum of eight feet <br /> in height. <br /> <br /> 2) the total lineal dimensions of all such <br /> structures and/or screens shall not exceed <br /> 20% of the lot frontage; and <br /> <br /> 3) no structure on the property provided for <br /> herein shall occupy any easement for public <br /> utility purposes. <br /> <br /> In addition, no structure or planting of any type <br /> shall pose a traffic sight obstruction as regulated <br /> in Section 2-5.40. <br /> <br /> Section 2. Subsection (f) of S2-5.38 of Article 3, Chapter 2, Title II <br /> of the Ordinance Code of the City of Pleasanton relating to <br /> fences in side and rear yards is amended to provide as follows: <br /> <br /> (f) Fences, walls and hedges not over six feet in <br /> height and walks, driveways, and retaining walls <br /> may occupy a required side or rear yard except <br /> that fences, walls and hedges in the side yard <br /> on the street side of a corner lot may not ex- <br /> ceed 30" in height and no such structure or hedge <br /> shall pose a traffic sight obstruction. <br /> <br /> <br />