[RP TownTalk] Fence/Hedge Ordinance: side yard/back yard shrubberies

[David Hiles]

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Re draft ordinance posted in October 2006 Crier:

The draft ordinance limits hedge height in side and back yards to 6 
feet on the side and 8 feet in the rear(Section 66-20-a).  I suggest 
that the council consider dropping restrictions on hedge heights in 
side and back yards.  Why?

1) If you have a deck in your back yard which is 4 feet off the ground, 
an 8 feet shrub won't give you much privacy or shielding from viewing 
your neighbor's back yard.  Old houses (which some of us really like)  
often have raised side or rear porches.  Same problem.

2) Many common privacy hedges grow to 18-20 feet and provide natural, 
traditional, beautiful privacy.  Examples: Arbor Vitae, Photinia, Yew. 
Bamboo has similar size properties, but may perhaps be less beautiful.  
Good luck keeping bamboo below 8 feet!

Big privacy hedges have been a feature of pleasant neighborhoods in the 
Anglo-Saxon world for at least three centuries.  Why kill that off in 
Riverdale Park?


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