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Rear yard fence on a 10,800 sq ft demo lot — aerial

Fences, walls & landscape · FENCE 01

Rear yard fence

Along the back property line. Height is what gets it refused.

Site data

Lot
10,800 sq ft
Existing footprint
2,158 sq ft
This proposal
no added footprint
Building coverage
20.0%
Front / side / rear
113.6′ / 15.0′ / 5.4′
Scale
1″ = 20′

measured off the compiled model · no engine diagnostics · sizes are placeholders until this is drawn on your lot

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One sheet, from one model

These are not separate drawings kept in step by hand. They are projections of the same model, so a change to the model changes all of them at once. A proposal with no interior has nothing to elevate or section — so the engine produces one sheet and does not pad the set.

Sheet A-001 — Site plan

02

Why this passes — and what sends one back

  1. Setbacks measured to the new edge, not to the house — 15.0′ to the nearer side line here.
  2. The scale is written down (1″ = 20′), not left to be inferred from the page size.
  3. North arrow on the sheet.
  4. Existing dashed, proposed solid. This is the first thing read at the counter, and getting it backwards is a refusal on its own.
  5. The coverage arithmetic is shown, not just its result — 2,158 sq ft existing and nothing added, so coverage does not move.

What sends this one back

Height measured from the wrong side

On a slope or above a retaining wall, fence height is measured from the low side — a legal six-foot fence on a two-foot wall is an eight-foot fence at the counter. The grade matters as much as the panel.

What the sky can’t see — you add these

  • Which side of the line the existing fence really sits — a photo cannot settle ownership
  • Recorded easements along the run
  • The corner sight triangle, measured from the curb rather than the lot line

provide them and they go on the sheet · invented lines never do

03

Same lot, 8 ways

Every fence in this category is drawn on the identical lot, so the coverage numbers on the cards can be read against each other.

FENCE 02Side yard fenceadds noneSeparates the side yard from the front — front-yard height limits are lower.FENCE 03Corner-lot fenceadds noneTwo street frontages, so two front-yard limits and a sight triangle at the corner.FENCE 04Front yard fenceadds noneAhead of the house line, where the height cap drops and stays dropped.FENCE 05Retaining walladds noneFor a grade change. Past a certain height it needs an engineer.FENCE 06Planting bedadds noneLandscape, and it counts as pervious surface.FENCE 07Lawnadds noneSoft surface over a large area.FENCE 08Gravel areaadds nonePervious — but cities disagree about that more than you would expect.

What this is not

This page is a demonstration our engine drew — not a permit that was submitted and not a drawing that was approved. Structural calculations and Title 24 energy compliance have to be signed by a licensed engineer or a certified analyst: we hand those off and we do not stamp them. Decks and small wood structures mostly fall inside the prescriptive tables and need no stamp at all, which is why they are the cleanest category here.

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