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Residential Fence Guidelines INTRODUCTION: Before you begin construction of a fence, it is very important that you become familiar with the City of Gilbert building and zoning regulations which apply. Please allow 5 working days for processing of a permit application. Following review of the application and payment of feeds, a permit will be issued and work may begin. FENCES, WALLS, AND PLANTINGS. Permit Required. No person shall erect, alter or relocate any fence, wall or other vision barrier without first obtaining a building permit along with a fee of $50.00 Front and side yards adjacent to a street shall be considered front yards and shall not exceed 48 inches in height if chain link and 42 inches in height for all other fence materials. On corner lots, fences that exceed 48-inches in height if open chain link and 42-inches in height for all other fence materials shall conform to principal building setback requirements. In side and rear yards, opaque and/or solid fences or walls shall not exceed 6 feet in height. Fences may extend to 8 feet in height on back panels only. All fences shall adhere to the requirements for visibility at intersections. No hedge, landscape planting or other vegetation shall be permitted which impedes vision greater than fifty percent of an imaginary plane, perpendicular to the street, extending the full depth of the front yard and vertically from a height of 42 inches to 10 feet. Fences placed in a drainage easement must not inhibit the flow of water. PROPERTY LINES. It is the responsibility of the property owner to locate property pins. A fence may not be built on a neighboring property. If you believe your neighbor’s fence encroaches on your property, you may initiate private legal action as the City of Gilbert does not arbitrate these private/civil issues. EASEMENTS AND DRAINAGE. It is the responsibility of the property owner to locate easements. Fences built within easements are at risk of any costs associated with removal for utility purposes shall be borne by the property owner. Fences across or through overland drainage areas shall not impede the flow of overland surface water. VISIBILTY AT INTERSECTIONS. No fence, wall, shrubbery, earthen berm, sign, billboard, or other obstruction to vision shall be permitted which serves to obstruct vision between a height of 30 inches and 10 feet on any corner lot within a triangle of 30 feet formed by intersection street right-of-way lines, or in the case of interior lots within a triangle of 20 feet formed by intersecting driveway edge and right-of-way lines. RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. There may be restrictive covenants recorded again your property which regulate structures. A copy of any restrictive covenants should be given to you during your closing. If not, check your title report for a reference to them. Covenants are recorded against the land; once you have the document number from your title report, you can obtain a recorded copy from the Story County Recorder. The City of Gilbert does not enforce restrictive covenants. PLAT NOTES. Some recorded plats may have notes that place further fence restrictions on lots adjacent to streets. Copies of plats are available at Story County Recorder’s office. IOWA ONE CALL 1-[PHONE REDACTED] or 811 provides contractors, homeowners, and others who may be excavating, digging or trenching with a single toll-free number to call for locating and marking underground facilities. Iowa law states that if you are excavating, including digging, you must call Iowa One Call at least 48 hours in advance (of your digging) in order to minimize the risk of damaging any type of underground facilities (electric, gas, telecommuting, cable television, water and sewer). The service is free, and so is the phone call. Call 1-[PHONE REDACTED] or FREE utility location services. ---PAGE BREAK--- Permit Application: Fence Project Address: Applicant is: Property Owner Contractor Architect Engineer Other Applicant E-mail Address Day Phone # Contractor E-mail Address Day Phone # Residential Project Non-residential Project Project Description: Type of fence: Wood Chainlink Vinyl Other Height: 30” 42” 48” 60” 72” 84” 96” (circle one) Other Is this a boundary line fence? Yes No Is this a corner lot? Yes No PLEASE PROVIDE: Site drawing of proposed fence location Indicate: property lines streets & driveway location existing buildings and structures existing fence new fence location north arrow easements (for office use only): Legal Description: Zoning: I hereby certify that I have read and examined this application and know the same to be true and correct. All provisions of laws and ordinances governing this type of work will be compiled with whether specified herein or not. The granting of a permit does not presume to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of any other state or local laws regulating construction of the performance of construction. I, the undersigned, understand that I am responsible for correctly locating the property lines. Signature of Applicant Date Printed Name: ALL A MINIMUM OF 5 FULL WORKING DAYS FOR PERMIT REVIEW & APPROVAL Date received Office Use Only Approval Notification Date Permit fee $50.00 Date received Office Use Only Approval Notification Date Permit fee $50.00