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<div><b><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The Fence Meeting - more coming.</FONT></b></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The next meeting to discuss fence and hedges will be this week, </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Thursday Oct 26 at 8 pm in Town Hall.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> We will continue discussing fences and will begin discussing hedges.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> To have your wishes known - come and speak at the meeting. </FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Let me clarify: in </FONT><b><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> both </FONT></b><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> the old existing fence code and in the proposed </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> new fence code: </FONT><b><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> existing chain link fence may continue to exist</FONT></b><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> ,</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> but </FONT><b><i><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> new </FONT></i></b><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> chain link fences </FONT><i><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> in the</FONT></i><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><i><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> front yard </FONT></i><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> are </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> not </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> allowed (You</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> can repair but not replace an exiting front yard chain link fence.)</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><b><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Below is a summary of changes discussed </FONT></b><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> at the last meeting. </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> These changes are to the proposed fence code that was printed in </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> the October 2006 Town Crier. None of this is final until the council </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> officially votes on it at a legislative session. </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> 66-2.Drop the part of the paragraph that talks about why an </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> exemption might be granted.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> 66-3 Do not require a permit for building any fence less than or </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> equal to 4 feet high (including 4' high privacy fences or walls).</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> 66-4 Replace the fence setback rules with "No fence shall be built </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> on the public right of way."</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> 66-8 Change the maximum height for side yard fences to 4 feet.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> (At the last meeting, two people spoke strongly against tall side yard </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> fences and no one spoke in favor of allowing them. This, like all items</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> listed here, may still change.)</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> 66-25 Drop (b) thru (e) that deal with allowing for an extension of time </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> to correct violations, allowing for appeals, allowing the town to correct </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> the problem and to charge the owner for the work.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> 66-26 Change the penalty back to the $100 </FONT><i><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> per day </FONT></i><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> that was in the old </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> code (instead of the proposed $100 every 30 days).</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Other items were discussed but have not yet been formulated, like </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> * requiring notice to neighbors for any exemption requests, </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> * requiring applications for exemptions to be received at least a week </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> prior to a legislative session in order to be considered at that session, </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> * requiring exemptions for tall fences on corner lots,</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> * add a definition for retaining walls.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Again, none of the above is set in concrete and may still change.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Take care, and keep your comments coming.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Rob</FONT></div>
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