Fence installation in Kedron
Kedron mixes single family homes with apartment communities, so more fence lines here run against a neighbour than against open ground. That makes one ordinance rule matter more than usual: where a fence has supports on one side only, that side must face into your property.
A mix of single family homes and apartment communities, which means more shared boundary lines and more jobs where the finished side has to face a neighbour rather than the owner.
Neighbours, not fairways
The village mixes single family housing with apartment communities, so a larger share of fence lines here run along a shared boundary rather than against a fairway, a greenbelt or open ground.
That shifts which rules matter. The path setback and the street height caps come up less. The rule about which side faces outward comes up on almost every job.
The finished side faces out
Where a fence has structural supports on one side only, that side must face the interior of your property. The finished face looks at the neighbour.
It costs nothing to get right and it is instantly visible if you get it wrong. Say it out loud when you agree the work, because it is the sort of detail that gets assumed rather than confirmed.
There is a way around the conversation entirely. A vinyl privacy panel, or an ornamental aluminium run, reads the same from both sides, so no side is the bad side and the rule has nothing to bite on.
Where exactly is the boundary?
On the plat, the survey drawing of your lot. It is worth looking before anyone starts.
A fence may be built on the property line. Once it is in, moving it is expensive and awkward, and a run that strays a foot into next door is a problem that gets harder the longer it stands. The closing package holds the survey. That is the document that settles it.
The same plat shows any utility or drainage easement. A fence inside one can be removed when a crew needs to reach what is buried there, and putting it back is your cost rather than the utility’s.
Height on a shared boundary
Six feet in the required side and rear setback, eight feet outside it, and four feet within 40 feet of the right of way of an arterial or collector street.
For most Kedron boundaries the six foot figure is the one that applies. It is also the height most people want when the fence is there to separate two houses rather than to keep a view.
What the material choice is really about
Two households looking at the same thing every day for the next fifteen years.
Wood is the cheapest way to get six feet of privacy, and it is the material where the finished side has to be decided. Vinyl costs more and reads identically from both gardens, which settles that question by removing it. On a boundary this visible, that is worth more than it sounds.
Anything four feet or taller needs a city building permit, whichever material you land on.