Hello guys and gals,

We're moving into a home, and we can't decide between a privacy fence
or a chain fence - we fear, since it's on a corner lot, that we'll have
to take a chain fence; let me give you guys the snippet of code first
though, then what I think it means

a. Two and one-half feet in height within ten feet of a street
right-of-way ( property line ). Open fences, such as chain link or
those of similar nature are permitted to be six feet in height,

b.Six feet in height in the remainder of the front setback ( leading
edge of house ).

c. Eight feet in height within the required side or rear setback (side
and rear yards).


Most of the questions lie on A) - it reads as if the property line was
actually the ten feet of street right of way, but when I asked about
this the code office person (not sure if he was "the" officer or
whatever) said he wasn't sure what the street right of way was - a
little while later he said he thought it was 10 to 30 feet from the
middle of the road.... the property line, per the sheet we received
from the code office, is exactly 15 feet from the middle of the road.

However, A) can also be read as ten feet *past* the street right of way
- ie, so if the street right away is 20 feet... I'd have to put a fence
10 feet in, which would be 15 feet inside my own property!?

Also, what is this whole front/rear setback and leding edge stuff?
Sorry, I'm not familiar with it...

Any explanation would be greatly appreciated, thanks!