The Village of Mount Pleasant Zoning Code limits fences and walls in residential (R) districts to 3.5 feet in front yards and 6 feet along interior side and rear lot lines. Outside R districts, fences and walls may not exceed 8 feet, with administrative site plan review available for taller structures. A village zoning permit is required before constructing, replacing, or altering any fence. Posts, columns, and ornamental caps may extend up to 12 inches above the height limit, and height is measured from average finished grade on the inside of the fence.
Mount Pleasant's fence and wall regulations sit in the Village Zoning Code (eCode360 Article on Fences and Walls), adopted under Wis. Stat. Sec. 61.35 (incorporating the village zoning powers of Sec. 62.23). In R Districts, fences and walls in the front yard may not exceed 3.5 feet; on corner lots, only one street yard counts as the front yard. Fences and walls along interior side lot lines, in the interior side yard, along the rear lot line, or in the rear yard may not exceed 6 feet. In all other (non-R) districts, fences and walls may not exceed 8 feet, but the Community Development Director may approve taller fences through the administrative site plan procedure. Height is measured as the vertical distance from the average finished grade on the inside of the fence to the top of the fence or wall. Fence posts, columns, supporting structures, and lights or ornamentation mounted on a post or column may extend up to 12 inches above the maximum fence height. No person may construct, repair, replace, install, enlarge, or alter a fence without first obtaining a village zoning permit. Mount Pleasant does not adopt Wisconsin's optional 'spite fence' criminal statute locally, but Wis. Stat. Chapter 90 (Fences) governs partition-fence cost-sharing between adjoining rural property owners.
Building, replacing, or altering a fence without a village zoning permit, or exceeding the 3.5 ft front yard, 6 ft side/rear, or 8 ft non-residential height caps, is a zoning violation. The Village Community Development Department issues correction notices and may order removal or modification of the noncompliant fence. Continued violations are processed as municipal forfeitures through Racine County Circuit Court, and the village may seek injunctive relief under Wis. Stat. Sec. 62.23(8).
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