No. 07FV002 - West Boulevard

A request by Steve and Helen Duffy to consider an application for a Fence Height Exception to allow a six foot high fence within the required 25 foot front yard set back on Lots 20 and 22 of Block 13, West Boulevard, Section 20, T1N, R7E, BHM, Rapid City, Pennington County, South Dakota, more generally described as being located 1622 West Boulevard.

 


PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
Public Works Committee recommended that the Fence Height Exception to allow a six foot high fence within the required 25 foot front yard setback be approved with the following stipulations:

1.

The proposed six foot fence must be removed from the sight triangle;

2.

The gate shall swing into the property and not out into the right-of-way.


STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the Fence Height Exception to allow a six foot high fence within the required 25 foot front yard setback be approved with the following stipulations:

1.

The proposed six foot fence must be removed from the sight triangle;

2.

The applicant shall lower the portion of the six foot high fence to match the height of the existing four foot fence until it is adjacent to the south side of the existing residence; and,

3.

The gate shall swing into the property and not out into the right-of-way.