The Alexander City Council will discuss the need for additional permits at a workshop scheduled for this Thursday. The workshop is for discussion and informational purposes only. Voting is not permitted during a workshop.
At the February meeting Mayor Crystal Herrmann expressed her concern that permits are not required to build or improve a porch. Her fear is the porch will turn into a sun room with someone living in it.
At the March council meeting she brought up the lack of standards and permit requirement for constructing any fence. As of now the only time a permit for a fence is needed is if the fence is over six feet tall.
Current zoning only states when a six-foot privacy fence, or wall, is required; usually to separate commercial from residential areas. There are no specific standards for fencing or walls aside from blocking the view.
Herrmann wants to set standards controlling the type of building material used and placement of a new fence.
Herrmann said, “So there's things such as we need to stake them out, you know, make sure they're not installing on an easement or utility easement or on the neighbors property.”
“And, we have different materials going up through the city,” Herrmann continued. “We've got some people using some metal-roaching panels for fence, some people using pallets for fences. We've got some non-privacy fences, we have some chain link fences, and we have some that are not maintained.”
What may be her most controversial statement is wanting Alexander to have one type of fence.
“And I will be leaning on y'all to make the fence,” Herrmann said. “What style would y'all like the city to be the same all the way through?”
The workshop is scheduled for Thursday, April 2, 6PM in the courtroom of the Alexander Municipal Complex (City Hall). The workshop is open to the public.
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