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r1 1983 .;� SEP 2 FacE 701 a required front yard setback of 20 feet on both 2nd Street and 16th Avenue. It was the determination of the Planning staff that the fence should be located in the buildable area of the lot rather than within the 20 foot front yard setback. By doing so, the approval would be granted for a 6 foot fence in the side yard, instead of a 6 foot fence in the front yard. The permitted height of a side yard fence is 5 feet, while the permitted height of a front yard fence is only 3 feet. RECO14MENDATION The Planning Department staff recommends that the conditional approval granted by the Planning and Zoning Commission be upheld and the appeal by Mr. O'Connell be denied. Mrs. Pat O'Connell informed the Board that she and her husband only received notice of the Planning & Zoning meeting an hour prior to the meeting, and she did not feel all this would have occurred if they had been given proper notice. Mrs. O'Connell commented that she had talked to her neighbor, who also happens to work for the Planning Department, and learned that it would be necessary to get a variance to put up a fence which would afford them privacy in their pool. She explained that they did get a permit for the first part of the fence along the rear, and then when the fenceman came, they had saved more money and told him to put up the rest of the fence. Mrs. O'Connell pointed out that eleven others on the same street and with corner lots have the same size fence, and they have been unable to locate a neighbor who objects to their fence as evidenced by the following signed statement: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I am a neighbor of Jerry & Patricia O'Connell and I have no objection to the height or the location of the fence constructed on their property.