City Council Minutes 1992 08 04 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Phare: If I were to sell this house, I would let people know that this is a revocable license for the fence. If I had to take it down to sell it, I would be willing to do that. The City does not take the obligation of doing property surveys for fence locations. That's the fence applicant's responsibility. Was the 15 ft. based on the original site plan for that house? Franklin: It was. We don't survey. It is evident that the fence has to be on the property line. If the contractor or property owner has difficulty locating that property line, then they need to get a surveyor to locate it on site. It is the responsibility of the property owner. Davidson stated that the motion is to deny the Revocable License. Roll call was taken. Motion passed by a 4-2 vote with Davidson and Howard voting against. Mayer moved that Council direct City staff to examine the need for right-of-way on West Dahlia and to suspend removal of the post until we get a report from City staff. Seconded by Howard. Sisk: You're suggesting from your motion that staff would explore from a certain point on Dahlia all the way down or how far would this go? Davidson: I would think from the point where the right-of-way widens to 70 ft., from the power lines all the way over to Cherry Street. Sisk: So, where ~t widens to 70 ft. down to where it narrows to 60 ft.? Mayer: Correct. Lathrop: What I see is that someone started to build a private fence on City owned property. So, you run the risk of being asked to remove it. To go back and spend a lot of City staff time, at this point, analyzing 15