A. Corporate Limits . The maximum height of a fence in the zoning lot side or rear yard is six (6) feet.
B. Extraterritorial Jurisdiction. There is no maximum fence height in the zoning lot side or rear yard.
d. Nonresidential Zoning Districts
Fencing is permitted in accordance with the following standards within nonresidential zoning districts:
(1) Front Yard . Chain link fencing is prohibited within the front yard.
e. Prohibited Fences
The use of electric fences (not including invisible fences for pets), concertina wire, stand-alone barbed wire fences (not including barbed wire at the top of chain link fencing where the fence is a minimum of eight (8) feet in height in industrial districts) or other similar materials shall be prohibited within the corporate limits of the Town.
f.
Walls
Retaining walls that are load bearing may require a building permit, as determined by the North Carolina State Building Code. Certain other walls may require a building permit, as determined by the North Carolina State Building Code.
§9-1304 STRUCTURES EXCLUDED FROM HEIGHT LIMITATIONS
The height limitations of the Land Development Ordinance shall not apply to a church steeple, belfry, cupola, dome, ornamental roof or tower not intended for human occupancy, monuments, elevated or ground storage water tanks, transmission or cell towers, chimneys, radio or television tower, parapet walls not exceeding a maximum height of 42 inches above a flat roof or above the roof line of a building with a gable, hip or shed roof, and screening material for mechanical and exhaust pipes on roofs, unless such structure is considered part of the height in regards to the North Carolina State Building Code regulations.
§9-1305 SUBSTANDARD LOTS OF RECORD
Any zoning lot of record existing at the time of the adoption of the Land Development Ordinance, which has a square footage or a lot width which is less than the requirement of the Land Development
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