HomeMy WebLinkAboutGrubb S (2)- revised fencing .PDF-fo the Trustees
[:rom Sally Grubb
'104 Midway Road
Ithaca, sally.orubb@<lmail. com
Thank you for workinrg to improve trre culg{lte,ncing ordinance to suit the needs of the Village as it hascleveloped over the yr:ars and we now live rq today.
LJnfortunately this revised ordinance has serious flaws.
Elecause the current text of section 9 of the iuittage s zoning ordinance is to be deleted in its entiretv onlvthose fences mention'ed in the new *ording ,,uirr de arroweJ] iJo not betieve it is the Trustees, inteniion iomake the fence ordinitnce more restrictiveihlr it ,ri""o/" f "t this is what this revision does.
Fences of any height and material are no lonb:i ?li?y"d o.n properties even if they meeting the buitdingsret back requirementsi of Section 6. Fences [v9r + ft must either meet the requirements of excrosureslisted in E, or have ther portion above +it in n{ight,"U;;'il'y" op"n materar.
As fences have to mer:t the requirementt
?.1!15 :gna,lce to.remain up, many currenty regar fences wirlhavetobetakendown' ldonotthinkthiisjlourintention. iolti"u"youinteio$tl'attowfencesuptoBft in height on side ancl rear property lines asllons as ilrel ?,,9;f open constru"iion lno not garish corors.This ordinance require's all such rencei to be extiensions"ot +n nigh fences. ryo one m"y now build agood rooking 50 or 60 % open fence. nno tn{-ma;-;; ;;,g;i;, any fence anywhere is 8ft.
You have spent so much time on exclosur:.:_i91,h1"" forgotten about fencing, how it rs constructed andhow handsome it can rook and where it ii cur;entty regaty instateo.
I hrelieve to list the materials that must be useb to make a fence is a mistake. you should just list the
il;ili:i: l?:l?5 j,ilT[:-ed wooden no'! .n0 s';; ;i; i,ir not be arowed c;;;. posts and brack
Tl"re new ordinance requires permits for every. type of fence including all exclosures. Do you reallybelieve it is a good use of Brent cross's tiTlJigrve permits ror every excrosure a property owner mightwelnt to erect and for every piece of fencing gjgvwnere in his yard? 'r nave n.ri*;;;'"sures a1 over myfront yard' allwill comply wiirr tnis oroinanc-e it n"in111lr onJJo'o'. They al went up a different timesand so should have harj several permits - r"frv visits to on" v"ro not to mention the permitting cost.
fll,lrH?yr'fi [li[ilJ:,T3:; of temporarv (ncins what is temporarv fencins and is it covered by this
This ordinance is not Yelt reTI Io|- sending to d public hearing. And it rs a mistake to assume thatVillagers can get relief,f rom an inadequati ordinance bt;;ptylrg for a variance from the ZBA as someTrustees have suggested to me. The'zBA h?q.very narrowly defined guidelines which it must follow. lfyou want a fence suc! lts Trugtg.e^lzekely's tQ b-e t"egat, "ni rilinr. it shoutd be tegat, it shoutd bepermitted in the ordinance and Nor the resurt of a viriance.
I wrculd like to finish by :;aying that very r"ry 1l us in favor of fencing do not think fencing is analterrnative to deer remediation. The d'eer herd has to be reduceo in size ano a revision of the fencingordlinance is required ,even without including geer fencing.