As you travel along the streets and roadways in the Chico community, you can't help but observe the number of wooden fences that are constructed on or near the property lines of the streets and roadways; that don't add to the attractiveness of the community. In most instances there is no landscaping to help cover the unattractiveness of the fences.
Evidently the City Council changed the requirements for a minimum 10 foot side yard. This is the group that continuously adds more and more requirement for development. Allowing the fences is a step backwards; in a community that has spent a lot of time declaring its attractiveness.
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Hi Fred,
I had to say something. Fences keep your kids and your dogs in, and other dogs from using your yard as a toilet. They allow some privacy, in a town which is becoming increasingly crowded. And they give me security, when my police department has told me more than once I am "not a priority."
When we bought a two acre property on Filbert, just down Bryant Ave from Bidwell Park (you could see the park from the end of my neighbor's drive), the place was a total disaster. The neighbors had been dumping everything from yard waste to appliances for who knows how long. They admitted to having used it as a dog park. And one household had been in the habit of gardening 20 feet onto our property and using our water. Great!
so, the first thing we did when Escrow closed was go to Payless lumber and buy $4000 worth of cedar boards. The neighhbors all wailed that it was "ugly." Well, we thought they were pretty ugly, tit for tat. That fence still stands, and I'm happy with it.
"Attractive" is in the eye of the beholder. To me, a home is private, it's not a city asset.