18.35.210 Fences.
Fences are permitted as follows:
(1) Fences exceeding a height of six feet shall comply with the applicable street and interior setbacks of the zone in which the property is located, except:
(a) Fences located on a rockery, retaining wall, or berm within a required setback area are permitted subject to the following requirements:
(i) Except for City of Covington public works projects in R-1 through R-18 zones and the resource zones:
(A) The total height of the fence and the rockery, retaining wall or berm upon which the fence is located shall not exceed a height of 10 feet. This height shall be measured from the top of the fence to the ground on the low side of the rockery, retaining wall or berm; and
(B) The total height of the fence itself, measured from the top of the fence to the top of the rockery, retaining wall or berm, shall not exceed six feet.
(ii) In the commercial/industrial zones, the height of the fence, measured from the top of the fence to the top of the rockery, retaining wall or berm, shall not exceed six feet.
(iii) Any portion of the fence above a height of eight feet, measured to include both the fence and the rockery, retaining wall, or berm (as described in subsection (1)(a)(i)(A) of this section), shall be an open-work fence.
(2) Fences located on a rockery, retaining wall or berm outside required setback areas shall not exceed the building height for the zone, measured in accordance with the standards established in the International Building Code.
(3) Electric fences shall:
(a) Be permitted only on properties that abut an agricultural use;
(b) Comply with the following requirements:
(i) An electric fence using an interrupted flow of current at intervals of about one second on and two seconds off shall be limited to 2,000 volts at 17 milliamp;
(ii) An electric fence using continuous current shall be limited to 1,500 volts at seven milliamp;
(iii) All electric fences in the R-4 through R-8 zones shall be posted with permanent signs a minimum of 36 square inches in area at 50-foot intervals stating that the fence is electrified; and
(iv) Electric fences sold as a complete and assembled unit can be installed by an owner if the controlling elements of the installation are certified by an ANSI approved testing agency; and
(4) Except as specifically required for the necessary security related to a nonresidential use, no barbed or razor-wire fence shall be located in any R-4 through R-8 zone. (Ord. 10-10 § 3 (Exh. C); Ord. 6-05 § 1; Ord. 23-04 § 13; Ord. 42-02 § 2 (21A.14.220))