Do good fences make good neighbors?
Next Thursday (December 16, 6 p.m.) the Planning & Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on a text amendment involving fences.
A new proposal would require that the finished side of a fence be installed facing the adjacent lot or street. The idea is for the more attractive side of a fence to face outward, toward the neighbors and street.
A new text amendment would mandate that the “bad” side of a fence (shown here) would have to face the property of the homeowner who built it.
There’s an exemption for lot lines adjoining a non-residential lot, or a lot line directly adjacent to wetlands.
To see the full amendment, click here, then scroll down to Text Amendment #806.
The December 16 public hearing will be livestreamed at www.westportct.gov, and is available on Optimum Channel 79 and Frontier Channel 6020. Comments can be sent prior to the meeting to PandZ@westportct.gov. Residents may join the meeting to offer live testimony.