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Public Hearing <br />VNjl78 <br />November 9, 977 - 8:00 P.14. <br />Request: VN-178, Council approval of fence having barbed wire <br />and exceeding height limitations. <br />Applicant: City of New Brighton <br />Location: Generally south of 5th St. Nil. and west of Silver Lake <br />Road. <br />Zoning: Property designated on zoning map as public property <br />which assumes the zoning of the most restrictive <br />classification of adjacent land, which is R-l, single <br />family residential. <br />Attachments: <br />1. Application <br />2. See enclosed site plan. <br />3. Location map. <br />Ordinance Requirements; <br />The newly adopted fence ordinance `states that in an R-1 district <br />fences in the front yard cannot exceed 3-1/2 feet in height and <br />must be 75% open. Barbed wire fences are not permitted in an <br />R-1 district. <br />Discussion: <br />The City of New Brighton has recently had constructed a 10 foot <br />in height fence around Well Houses 5 and 6 and the reservoir just <br />south 'of 5th St. adjacent to the Minneapolis reservoir. 920 feet <br />of chain link fencing was constructed which joins the City of <br />Minneapolis fence and matches: that fence in height. The New <br />Brighton fence is approximately, 600 feet along-the ' eastern border <br />and 3-20 feet along the northern border adjacent to 5th St. The <br />variance is required as,the fence exceeds 3-1/2 feet in height <br />and because the°top 1 foot is barbed wire. <br />While the fence was constructed to match the City of Minneapolis <br />fence, the `prime reason for- the height and barbed wire is to <br />protect the city well houses and reservoir from vandals which <br />in `turn protects the water supply for many residents of the city. <br />It is for this reason, i.e.` the preservation of the public health, <br />safety and welfare, that the administration` feels this application <br />meets the warrants for the variance.