§ 16-195. Fencing.

(a)

All used automotive parts recycling businesses must be enclosed on all sides (including front and rear) with a substantial and anchored wall or screen fence constructed as an adequate barrier to inhibit the migration of rodents and other vectors from the used automotive parts recycling business to an adjacent property. The wall or screen fence must be constructed with appropriate screen drains so as not to inhibit necessary water drainage.

(b)

The wall or screen fence must be constructed such that the interior of the used automotive parts recycling business is not visible from the exterior. Buildings, equipment necessary for daily operations and salvage or non-repairable oversized vehicles as defined in Chapter 35, Unified Development Code of the City Code of San Antonio, Texas, and any piles of crushed vehicles or salvage materials in compliance with the International Fire Code, as amended by the city, are excluded from this requirement. The wall or screen fence for used automotive parts recycling businesses located within one hundred (100) feet of a property with a residence thereon must be constructed or modified so that it is eight (8) feet in height. The wall or screen fence for all other existing used automotive parts recycling businesses must be six (6) feet in height. All used automotive parts recyclers established after the effective date of this ordinance are required to maintain fences at least eight (8) feet in height.

(c)

Those sections of a used automotive parts recycling business which are contiguous with either another used automotive parts recycling business or any I-2 zoning district are exempt from subsection (b), if those sections otherwise have an adequate barrier as required by subsection (a), to inhibit the migration of rodents and other vectors between the used automotive parts recycling businesses or other contiguous I-2 zoning districts.

(d)

Any section of wall or screen fence located within one hundred (100) feet of a property with a residence thereon measured from property line to property line must be constructed or modified so that it extends at least (3) inches into the ground or base surface (impervious cover). Building up the surrounding ground to cover at least the lower three (3) inches of the section of wall or screen fence complies with this requirement. Should water drainage be substantially affected, the procedure in section 16-194 must be followed.

(e)

All walls or screen fences must be maintained in a neat, solid, substantial, and safe condition. No wall or screen fence must be kept in a listing, damaged, or decaying condition.

(f)

Gates for access to the used automotive parts recycling business premises at each street or alley line must not have combined openings exceeding thirty (30) percent of the alley or street frontage. All gates for access must not swing outward and must be kept closed when the used automotive parts recycling business is not open for business.

(g)

The fencing requirements in this section do not apply to used automotive parts recycling business conducted solely within a completely enclosed structure or structures.

(h)

In the event of a conflict between the fencing requirements of this division and the requirements of Chapter 35, Unified Development Code of the City Code of San Antonio, Texas, the most stringent requirement applies.

(Ord. No. 2012-12-13-1006, §§ 2—51, 12-13-12)