18.70.100 Fences and walls.
(A) In all districts a fence or wall or hedge may be erected or maintained at a height no greater than three feet, six inches within the required front or street side setback. In all residential districts the maximum height of any fence or wall shall be six feet. Within the commercial and industrial districts the maximum fence or wall height shall be eight feet except that a fence or wall abutting a residential district shall not exceed six feet in height. These height regulations shall not apply when fences or walls of greater height are required by the Planning and Zoning Commission or City Council in order to provide adequate screening as required by this title. Utility companies, which are regulated by the Arizona Corporation Commission, and schools, public and quasi-public institutions including correctional facilities may be allowed increased fence heights due to national or state standards.
(B) Every fence or wall shall be constructed in a workmanlike manner and be of a conventional fencing material such as, but not limited to, masonry, preformed concrete sections, treated wood, or wrought iron. Every fence or wall shall be maintained in a condition of good repair and shall not be allowed to become and remain in a condition of disrepair, damage, or unsightliness, and shall not be allowed to constitute a public or private nuisance. Any such fence or wall that is, or has become, dangerous to the public safety, health or welfare, or has become unsightly through improper maintenance or neglect shall be deemed to be a public nuisance and the Zoning Administrator may commence proper proceedings for the abatement of such nuisance.
(C) Barbed Wire and Concertina (Razor) Wire.
(1) Barbed wire may be used in the rural residential areas zoned “RA-10” for agricultural purposes. Barbed wire is prohibited in all other residential zoning districts.
(2) Concertina wire is prohibited, except as where provided in subsection (C)(4) of this section.
(3) Barbed wire may be permitted in commercial and industrial zoning districts for security purposes surrounding allowed outdoor storage areas provided the barbed wire is located a minimum of six feet or more above grade and angled inward.
(4) Barbed wire and/or concertina wire may be permitted around public or quasi-public correctional/detention facilities when necessary for the restraint of the occupants or for security purposes.
(D) Electrical fences shall be prohibited except around agricultural public or quasi-public facilities when necessary for the restraint of the occupants.
(E) All fences and walls shall be located entirely on the private property of the person, firm or corporation constructing or causing the construction of any such fence or wall unless the owner of the adjoining property agrees, in writing, that such fence or wall may be erected on the division line of the respective properties.
(F) Corner Lots and Key Lots.
(1) On a corner lot contiguous to a key lot a fence, wall, or hedge over four feet in height may be placed on the street side property line except within a triangle measured from the front lot line of the key lot extending ten feet along the common property line and ten feet measured from the common property line extending along the street side property line of the corner lot towards the front property line of the corner lot.
Figure No. 2. Fencing for Corner and Key Lots
(2) On a key lot contiguous to a corner lot, a fence, wall, or hedge not exceeding six feet in height may be erected along the property line contiguous with the rear yard of the corner lot, but such fence, wall or hedge shall not come closer to the front lot line of the key lot than ten feet.
(G) An arched entry gate/feature, not exceeding a height of eight feet or a width of eight feet, may be permitted within the front yard setback provided it is an integral part of an approved front yard wall. (Ord. 312 § 2(14.9), passed 4-11-2012. Code 2012 § 152.219.)