Rosemead Municipal Code Ch. 8.20 Fencing of Storage Areas

Where any premises are used for the purpose of storing in the open any furniture, contractors' equipment, metal products, oil or petroleum supplies, junk, wrecked auto parts, partially wrecked cars, machinery, pipes, plaster, rags, roofing materials, waste paper, glass, glass bottles, stone products, or rubber, the owner, licensee and occupant shall erect and continuously maintain a tight board fence of at least eight feet in height surrounding the property and in all cases where flammable or combustible materials are stored, such fence shall be built and maintained of corrugated iron or other fire resistant material.

(Prior code § 5301)

The following specifications shall apply to the erection of all fencing framework for each board, corrugated iron or other fence referred to in Section 8.20.010, and each such fence shall comply with such specifications, and each thereof.

A. Each upright post shall be four inches by four inches, shall be placed not over eight feet apart, and shall be sunk not less than four feet into the ground. Each such post shall be tarred below the surface of the ground. Three horizontal girts not smaller than two inches by four inches with inclined bracing in both directions shall be provided at each corner and each opening, and boarding shall be not less than three-fourths inch in thickness.

B. Each such fence, and each portion thereof, shall be constructed not less than six inches above the ground, and there shall be maintained under each portion of such fence an unobstructed opening of not less than six inches.

C. Provided, that where articles are sold at retail from the premises there may be erected at the front of such premises an open wire fence.

D. All materials used in the construction of each such fence shall be of such a nature that that portion of said fence facing any property line shall not present an unsightly appearance.

E. No advertising shall be displayed on any such fence, except upon that portion facing the street; provided, that where any such premises are situated on a corner lot, an advertising sign may be placed within a distance of twenty-five (25) feet of the corner, facing the front property line, and further provided, that where there is vacant property on either side of the premises there may be placed on such side an advertising sign within twenty-five (25) feet of the front property line.

F. Where adjacent lots are used for the open storage of any article or material mentioned in Section 8.20.010, or where an adjacent lot is occupied by a building with a wall built on a portion of the common property line, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply along such portion of such common property line.

(Prior code § 5302)