Planning Commission - Regular Meeting
The Atlanta Planning Commission recommended amending an ordinance to increase the maximum height of fences and walls in front yards from three feet to four feet. This change aims to simplify fence construction and replacement for residents.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Planning Commission
- Meeting Type
- Planning Commission
- Location
- Atlanta, IN
- Meeting Date
- July 27, 2026
Transcript
14 sections
I saw you sent three different ones. Okay, so this edits, this changes, this references. Yeah, so this does it. So we have ordinance number 2026-03-2022. excuse me, 07-03, an ordinance of the Town Council of the Town of Atlanta, Indiana to amend the fences and walls height. And this amends the ordinance 7.21, which is FN-01 from, that's currently written as three feet. HEIGHT IN THE FRONT YARD TO FOUR FEET HEIGHT IN THE FRONT YARD SO I BELIEVE AS A PLANNED COMMISSION WE WOULD VOTE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO OUR COUNCIL TO DO THIS AND THEN THIS WOULD GET PASSED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING IF THAT'S WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS OR ANY CONCERNS ABOUT MAKING THIS CHANGE I don't personally yeah I believe our intention was and I don't think it got updated but I know we voted in the past they can go from 36 to 42 inches but that was purely to make make it easier for residents to build or replace a fence because certain available fencing that's a fairly standard size, we believed at the time, but if there's fences that are a 48-inch height standard or close to it, I'm all for making people's lives easier.
Sure.
Yeah, I think we ought to. I make a recommendation that we send this to the council of philippine i'll second that all in favor all right Uh, there's proposals, so that's this proposal for my commission. That's proposal number 7 dash 27.
6 proposal, so I'll go ahead and read that.
And this is what we just voted on proposal of the town of Atlanta. Thank commission amending the ordinance, controlling maximum. Whereas the town of Atlanta, playing commission, the playing condition. has received requests to modify the maximum height of a fence or wall located in the front yard, and whereas the zoning ordinance 7.21 presently exists, which establishes the maximum height of a fence or wall located in the front yard, and whereas it has been determined by the Planning Commission that the existing zoning ordinance 7.21, specifically FN-01C, needs amended as outlined in exhibit a and whereas the plan commission has reviewed and considered this amending zoning ordinance plan at the meeting and now therefore be resolved by the atlanta town plan commission as follows the plan commission incorporates the recitals the plan commission finds the amendment 47.21 fn-01 as detailed in his exhibit a is certified and receives a favorable recommendation And the Plain Commission hereby directs the amendment to be presented to the town council for adoption into the town of Atlanta's code of zoning ordinances. Proposed and certified this the 27th day of July, 2026.
This is just to get it loaded on the council meeting?
Correct. Is there any other Planning Commission business to discuss?
I don't believe so.
I don't have anything.
If in the future the park board decided to build something, would that go through the Planning Commission also? So otherwise it would just be a, hey, we want to build this.
Yeah, if it's in accordance with how the book is, then they don't need to come before us. Gotcha. Or we don't need to come before us. I just wondered.
Sure. I'm good. Make a motion that we adjourn the planning commission meeting. Second. All in favor?
Aye.
Aye.
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