PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Adjustment of the City of Ferguson will hold a public hearing on the 17th day of December, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at Ferguson Community Center, located at 1050 Smith Avenue, Ferguson, St. Louis County, Missouri.
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
City of Ferguson
Board of Adjustment
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Adjustment of the City of Ferguson will hold a public hearing on the 17th day of December, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at Ferguson Community Center, located at 1050 Smith Avenue, Ferguson, St. Louis County, Missouri.
The purpose of the hearing is to hear a request for a variance relating to a fence – the variance request specifically concerns the property at 417 Adams St. The application is to vary provisions relating to a fence which is set forth in Chapter 49, Section 20.4 Ferguson Zoning Ordinance and as follows:
20.41 Any owner of property wanting to construct a fence in any front, rear or side yard as provided above shall first file an application with the Director of Public Works. Fences are not a structure and are exempted from the regulation limiting accessory buildings to 30 percent of the rear yard. Fences may be placed along side and rear lot lines.
20.42 Fences located within a front yard shall be ornamental fences and shall be constructed
as follows:
Such ornamental fence shall not exceed thirty (30) inches in height, including height of any columns or imbedded vertical support, and at least 50 percent of its surface shall be open as viewed on any line perpendicular to the vertical plan of the fence, for the entire thickness of the fence.
No wire or steel mesh or wire fencing may be used in any manner as part of the ornamental fence, but steel or wire mesh fencing may be used as a temporary protection around shrubs, in the required front yard, but in no case shall such steel or wire mesh fencing exceed 18 inches in height.
However, open type mesh fences may be used to enclose an institution, a public park, public playground, elementary, high school or junior college site, or conforming commercial and industrial use.
As appears on the Fence Permit Application:
All new or replacement fences shall be constructed with posts, rails, framing and other exposed structural members facing the interior of the property upon which they are constructed
The applicant at 417 Adams Street is requesting a variance to place a four foot fence around the entire property.
All persons interested may appear and be heard at that meeting.
PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ARE ASKED TO NOTIFY MEGAN ASIKAINEN, CITY CLERK AT (314) 524-5152 NO LATER THAN 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THIS MEETING.
Megan Asikainen, City Clerk