City Council Ordinance 622ORDINANCE NO. 622
CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 10 OF THE MONTICELLO ZONING CODE
FOR THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS:
SECTION 4.3 - FENCES & WALLS, SUBSECTIONS (C) — PERMITTING, SECTION
(G) PROHIBITED FENCES AND SECTION (J) APPEARANCE REGULATING
PERMIT REQUIREMENTS AND ALLOWABLE MATERIALS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MONTICELLO, MINNESOTA, HEREBY
ORDAINS.
Section 1. Section 4.3(C)(4) — Permit Requirements is hereby amended as follows:
(a) A building permit is required for the construction of any fence or wall that will be
more than &k (�1 seven (7) feet in height above grade, or for construction of a
retaining wall that is more than four (4) feet in height from the bottom of the
footing to the top of the wall.
Section 2. Section 4.3(D)(3) — Industrial and Business Campus District is hereby amended as
follows:
3. In all side and rear yards, a fence shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet in height
provided a building permit is obtained for any additional height over si -W severs (7)
feet.
Section 3. Section 4.3(G) - Prohibited Fences is hereby amended as follows:
Fences or walls made of debris, junk, rolled plastic, sheet metal, -A4r-e inesh,
plywood, wooden landscape lattice or waste materials are prohibited in all zoning
districts unless such materials have been recycled and reprocessed for marketing
to the general public as building materials that resemble new building materials
and are designed for use as a fencing material (e.g., picket fencing made from
recycled plastic and fiber). No metal "t "posts shall be permitted.
Section 4. Section 4.3 (J) - Appearance is hereby amended as follows:
(1) Customary Materials
Fences and walls shall be constructed of any combination of treated wood posts
and vertically- oriented planks, metal materials of 14- gauge or better, treated
with factory - applied weather resistant coating or galvanized, and framed at top
and bottom with permitted materials, rot - resistant wood, wrought iron, decorative
metal materials, brick, stone, masonry materials, or products designed to resemble
these materials. Where wood, masonry, or other opaque materials are specified for
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particular types of screening or buffering fences or walls, all other fence materials
are prohibited.
Section 5. The City Clerk is hereby directed to make the changes required by this Ordinance
as part of the Official Monticello City Code, Title 10, Zoning Ordinance, and to
renumber the tables and chapters accordingly as necessary to provide the intended
effect of this Ordinance. The City Clerk is further directed to make necessary
corrections to any internal citations and diagrams that result from such
amendments, provided that such changes retain the purpose and intent of the
Zoning Ordinance as has been adopted.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and
publication. Revisions will be made online after adoption by Council. Copies of
the complete Zoning Ordinance are available online and at Monticello City Hall,
ADOPTED BY the Monticello City Council this 14th day of September, 2015.
CITY OF MONTICELLO
Brian Stumpf, Mayo
ATTEST:
Jeff O'NVAty Administrator
VOTING IN FAVOR:
VOTING IN OPPOSITION: