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3 <br />(a) is the neighbor's front because that is the front facing the street <br />from which they get their address. Applying the code's definition of front <br />and backyard, the Pisansky's neighbors could not benefit from a screen for <br />their own backyard activities. Looking at the situation from the <br />Pisansky's point of view, they do not have the opportunity to screen the <br />backyard uses of their neighbors. <br />Faced with similar questions, the Planning Commission surveyed other <br />communities to find out how they regulate fences. In a number of <br />communities, they found there were few, if any regulations, on the height <br />of fences. In those communities which do regulate height, their formulas <br />are very similar to ours, with some prohibiting fences in a triangle <br />formed by a line drawn from the center line of street with the center <br />line of an intersecting street. (Diagram #3) <br />The Commission did come up with two drafts of possible ordinances <br />which speak well to the problems of height regulation. One draft <br />prohibits fences over 31-2 feet, while the other draft allows all fences up <br />to 6 feet on all boundary lines. A third possibility, not proposed <br />by the Commission, would be to draft an ordinance recognizing unique <br />situations such as the Pisansky's,where the "front" of a neighbor's yard, <br />is really being used as a backyard. <br />