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  CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO
MEETING DATE: 6/9/2025
DEPARTMENT:Prop Standards
DIRECTOR:Curtis Howard, Director of Neighborhood Services
AGENDA ITEM:

Amendment of the fence ordinance.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:Adoption of Ordinances

ITEM SUMMARY

To amend Section 6-179, Permit to construct or alter, and Section 6-186, Maintenance, of Division 1, General, of Article VII, Fences, of Chapter 6, Buildings and Building Regulations, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Plano, to remove unnecessary requirements, confusing language, and clarify responsibility for proper fence construction and maintenance; providing for an offense for the failure to properly construct and maintain a fence structure; and providing a repealer clause, a severability clause, a penalty clause, a savings clause, a publication clause, and an effective date. Adopted Ordinance No. 2025-6-5

BACKGROUND

This ordinance amends Section 6-179, Permit to construct or alter, and Section 6-186, Maintenance, of Article VII, Fences, of Chapter 6, Buildings and Building Regulations, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Plano, to remove unnecessary requirements, confusing language and clarify responsibility for proper fence construction and maintenance. 

FINANCIAL SUMMARY/STRATEGIC GOALS

This item has no financial impact.

 

Approval of this agenda item supports the City's Strategic Plan Critical Success Factor of Safe, Vibrant Neighborhoods.

ATTACHMENTS:
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Ordinance6/3/2025Ordinance