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COMMITTEE: Building and Planning Committee

ITEM:  PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE - CHAPTER 155, FENCES IN THE FLOODPLAIN (OPTION B)

An Ordinance to amend the Code of the Township of Lower Merion, Chapter 155, entitled Zoning, to require either an operable gate or an opening at least 36 inches wide where a fence or wall is erected within the front yard setback; to regulate fences erected within the floodway fringe of the Schuylkill River;  and to provide that Floodplain District Regulations are intended, in part, to retain and encourage scenic viewsheds of the Schuylkill River.

 

This Ordinance was authorized for advertisement at a stated meeting of the Board of Commissioners held July 19, 2017 and duly advertised in the September 3, 2017 and September 10, 2017 editions of the Main Line Times.

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Proposed Ordinance - Chapter 155, Fences in the Floodplain (Option B)Ordinance