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3826 AMHERST ST. WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TX 77005 | 713.662.5833 | INSPECTIONS@WESTUTX.GOV
INSPECTION REQUEST LINE 713.662.5805 | BEFORE 4:30 PM FOR NEXT DAY
Public Works Department
Development Services
BUILDING–FENCE/WALL PERMIT
APPLICATION
FENCE/WALL PERMIT
PROPERTY OWNER
FIRST NAME LAST NAME
MAILING ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER EMAIL
CONTRACTOR
COMPANY NAME
CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION
NUMBER
COMPANY ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER EMAIL
CONTACT PERSON
FIRST NAME LAST NAME
PHONE NUMBER EMAIL
PROJECT
PROJECT NAME PERMIT NUMBER
ADDRESS
ZONING DISTRICT BLOCK LOT
OCCUPANCY TYPE VALUATION OF PROJECT
RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL
$
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
By my signature above I hereby certify I have read this document and know
the same to be true and correct. In addition I hereby stipulate that I am
the person legally responsible for compliance with provisions of all laws
and ordinances (whether specied herein or not) governing this project to
completion and a certicate of occupancy being issued.
SIGNATURE OF PERMITTEE DATE
PRINT NAME
APPLICATION FEE
QUANTITY
X
MULTIPLIER
=
FEE
1 $ 40.00 $ 40.00
FENCE/WALL — MIN FEE $25.00
QUANTITY
X
MULTIPLIER
=
FEE
________ / LIN. FT. $ 0.85 / LIN. FT. $ ____________
PREMATURE WORK—WORKING PRIOR TO OBTAINING PERMIT
QUANTITY
X
100% OF PERMIT
=
FEE
1 $ 1.00
$ ____________
=
FEE
TOTAL PERMIT FEE
APPLICATION + FENCE/WALL + PREMATURE WORK
$
40.00 + $ _____________ +
$ ______________
$ ____________
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY
RECEIVED BY TIME STAMP
NO EXCEPTIONS TAKEN DATE
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FENCE/WALL PERMIT
SECTION 18-200. MAXIMUM HEIGHT LIMITS AND BOTTOM
BARRIERS
(a) Eight-foot Limit.
No fence higher than eight feet may be constructed, improved or
structurally altered on any private property.
(b) Six-foot Limit.
No fence higher than six feet may be constructed:
1. Closer than Six Feet
From a wall of an existing principal building used as a
single-family residence on any adjacent building site, if the
proximity of the fence to the building would signicantly
and adversely affect the benecial circulation of air around
or through the building or the benecial exposure of the
building to direct or reected sunlight. To make these
determinations, the building ofcial shall take into account
the type and design of the fence and the following (if existing
or proposed in the immediate vicinity of the fence): trees,
other plants and other buildings and structures.
2. Between Buildings on Separate Building Sites
Where the eaves are less than two feet apart.
(c) Height Measurement.
Fence height shall be measured along the fence line of the
property address for which the fence permit was issued.
(d) Gate Height.
A gate may be no taller than may a fence at the same location,
except that a gate which is not more than 40 percent opaque may
extend to a height not greater than 12 inches above the
maximum height of a fence at the same location.
SECTION 18-201. MAXIMUM HEIGHT LIMITS.
It shall be the responsibility of any person who constructs
a
fence, or causes it to be constructed, to locate the
fence within the property lines.
SECTION 18-202. PROHIBITION IN FRONT/SIDE.
(a) Prohibition.
No fence may be constructed, improved or structurally altered on
the front portion of any building site. Exceptions: this restriction
does not apply to low retaining walls, institutional security fences,
fences owned by any governmental entity or fences or walls
specically required or allowed to be located in the front portion of
a building site by this Code or the zoning ordinance. In this article:
1. Front Portion
means the area of a building site extending from the front
street line to a depth equal to the depth of the front main wall
of the principal building. The front street line is the common
boundary between the front line of a building site and the
street right-of-way. The front main wall is the front of the
building exclusive of any porch or entranceway.
2. Low Retaining Wall
means a wall designed and used to hold earth or similar
material in place, no part of which extends higher than the
highest naturally occurring part of the ground in the front
portion of the building site and no part of which is located
outside of the building site. Six (6") high maximum.
3. Institutional Security Fence
means a fence which meets all of the following criteria:
a. The Fence is Located on A Building Site
where there is a building or group of buildings
specially constructed and used as an actual place
of religious worship (including schools, parking
lots, parsonages and other accessory buildings);
b. The Fence is Located Along
or generally parallel to a major thoroughfare,
and only along side streets to the extent necessary
to connect the main portion of the fence to side
fences, rear fences or buildings; and
c. The Fence is No More Than 50% Opaque.
4. Major Thoroughfare
means Kirby Drive, Bissonnet Street or Bellaire (West
Holcombe) Boulevard.
(b) Rotated Corner Lots.
This subsection only applies to a corner lot carved out of a
larger corner site originally established by the rst plat or map
of the subdivision in question, where the front street line of the
corner lot is on a different street from the street where the larger
corner site had its front street line. On such a corner lot, no
fence may be constructed, improved or structurally altered along
the side street line of the corner lot (this would have been the
front street line of the original larger corner site) unless the fence
is set back from the side street by at least one of the following
two distances:
1. A distance equal to the depth of the front setback area of
any adjacent building site which has a front setback area
abutting the side street; or
2. A distance equal to the depth of the side setback area of
the corner lot, measured from the side street. If the BSC
is requested to issue a variance to permit a fence on the
corner lot closer to the side street than prescribed above,
and if a petition signed by 20 percent or more of the persons
ARTICLE VII. FENCES
Public Works Department
Development Services
PAGE 2 OF 4
(e) Bottom Barrier.
Fences shall be constructed with a pressure treated rot board with a
minimum nominal size of 2 by 10 inches or other appropriate barrier
approved by the Building Official at the base of the fence.
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owning property along the side street within 200 feet of the
rear lot line of the corner lot (and on the same side of the
side street) is presented to the BSC before it acts on the
request, the requested variances shall not take effect unless
approved by all members of the BSC qualied and serving.
Under no circumstances, with or without a variance, is a
fence allowed within ve feet of the side street line.
SECTION 18-203. DISTANCE FROM PROPERTY
LINE; COMMON FENCES.
A boundary fence shall be constructed immediately along the
property line or as close as practicable to the property line.
Common fences may be constructed along the property line, if
the written consent of the owners of both properties is submitted.
SECTION 18-204. EASEMENTS.
No brick, masonry or similar type of fence may be constructed,
improved or structurally altered if it would interfere with the
installation and maintenance of utility lines in any easement
reserved therefor.
SECTION 18-205. REMOVAL OF DEBRIS.
It shall be the responsibility of each person who constructs or
reconstructs a fence, or causes it to be done, to clean up and
remove from the premises all debris, dirt, scrap and broken
pieces of concrete caused by the construction of the fence.
SECTION 18-206. NONCONFORMING FENCES.
In cases where an existing fence erected contrary to the
provisions of this Code is to be removed, improved or structurally
altered, each new fence must conform to this Code.
SECTION 18-207. FACING OF FENCES.
All fences abutting on a street area shall be constructed so that
all supporting members, including posts and horizontal runners,
shall not face the street. This provision shall apply to such
portions of a fence that face the street on which the lot faces as
well as a side street.
SECTION 18-208. EMERGENCY PORTALS;
VISIBILITY AREAS.
It shall be the responsibility of each person who constructs or
reconstructs a fence, or causes it to be done, to clean up and
FENCE/WALL PERMIT
remove from the premises all debris, dirt, scrap and broken
pieces of concrete caused by the construction of the fence.
(a) Generally; location.
The primary purpose of this subsection is to provide access to
all sides of each building located on a single-family residential
site, so that reghters and emergency personnel can enter the
building, place ladders, ght res, etc. If such access is blocked
by fences, walls or other obstructions, there must be at least two
emergency portals, each with a minimum width of 30 inches, and
they must be located to allow access to the sides and rear of the
building, as follows:
1. Usually there must be one portal on each side of the
building facing the front street line, but on the corner sites,
one may face the side street line.
2. If there is a fully or partially-enclosed utility easement that
intersects a street area adjacent to the site, there must be
an emergency portal to allow emergency access to the
easement area from the street area.
(b) Allowed Types of Portals.
An emergency portal may be either: (i) a gate or door with a key
box complying with the International Fire Code (see 506.1) or
(ii) a breachable fence segment or gate. A segment or gate is
“breachable” if it is primarily made of wood or wood substitute
(not thicker than one inch, in either case) or wrought iron.
(c) Certain Existing Obstruction.
Until December 1, 2014, it is an afrmative defense to
prosecution for lack of emergency portals that: (i) existing
fences, walls or other obstructions blocked the required access
on December 1, 2009, and (ii) they were not replaced or
structurally altered thereafter.
(d) Visibility Areas.
Fences, walls and other things are forbidden in certain visibility
areas. See Chapter 82 of this Code.
SECTION 18-209. ELECTRICITY, BARBED
WIRE PROHIBITED.
It shall be unlawful for any person owning or controlling any
property in the city to construct, maintain or permit to remain on
such property any fence:
1. Charged with electricity; or
2. Containing any barbed wire,
concertina wire or other sharpened or barbed projections.
Where chain link fence is used, no twisting or barbing of
wire is permitted at the top salvage. All wire on the top
salvage shall be knuckled.
SECTION 18-210. MASONRY CONSTRUCTION.
Masonry fences must be made of brick, vitried clay tile, concrete
tile, or monolithic reinforced concrete, and must be built according
to the following specications:
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DRIVEWAY VISIBILITY TRIANGLE
Driveway visibility triangle means the area within a triangle
beginning at the precise intersection point of the edge of a
driveway and the inside edge of a sidewalk (i.e., the edge
farthest from the roadway).
From the intersection point, the rst side of the triangle
extends ve feet inward (away from the roadway) along the
edge of the driveway, the second side of the triangle extends
ve feet along the edge of the sidewalk away from the
driveway, and the third side is a straight line connecting the
extended ends of the rst two sides.
If there is no sidewalk, the administrative ocial shall
designate the probable location of a future sidewalk, which
shall then be used as if it were an existing sidewalk. A typical
driveway will have two such triangles, one on each side. Such
triangles may include areas within, and not within, a building
site.
An example diagram showing driveway visibility triangles is
attached above to this ordinance and made a part hereof.
By my signature I am acknowledging I have
read and understand all local amendments and
will comply.
SIGNATURE OF PERMITTEE DATE
PRINT NAME
FENCE/WALL PERMIT
PAGE 4 OF 4
1. At least eight inches thick for double-wall construction,
which shall be either brick, vitried clay tile, or concrete
tile; at least six inches thick for single-wall construction,
which shall be only of brick or monolithic reinforced
concrete construction.
2. Pilasters shall be placed on not more than 12-foot
centers, or adequate steel reinforcing shall be placed in
the whole fence.
3. Expansion joints shall be placed on not more than
24-foot centers.
4. The fence shall have a foundation which shall rest on
drilled footings sunk to approved bearing soil. Such
footings shall be not less than 12 inches in diameter, and
each footing shall have not less than four one-half-inch rods
with one-fourth inch ties on three-foot centers. Foundation
beams shall be not less than 12 inches wide and not less
than 18 inches deep with not less than four ve-eighths-inch
reinforcing rods and three-eighths-inch ties, on not less than
30-inch centers.
5. A gate with a minimum opening of 30 inches must be built
for ingress and egress into any public easement.
SECTION 18-211. FENCES ON VACANT LOTS.
Any fence construction or reconstruction on a site on which no
building is located shall be constructed to comply with all of the
setback requirements which apply to the location of a residence
on such site. No building permit shall be issued for construction of
improvements on a vacant lot, if there is a fence which does not
meet all requirements of this Code.
SECTION 18-212. MAINTENANCE.
Any person owning or controlling a fence shall maintain it in good
repair so as not to endanger any person or property.
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