Where a screening buffer is required in unincorporated Cumberland County, chain-link fencing is not permitted as a screening alternative regardless of modifications. Height rules also turn on whether a fence is 'solid' (25% or less open) or 'open' (more see-through).
Cumberland County Zoning Ordinance Section 1102 G, governing screening buffers, provides that 'Chain link fencing shall not be permitted as a screening alternative, regardless of type of modifications made to the chain link fence,' and that buffer vegetation must sit between any fence and the common property line. The ordinance does not otherwise ban common residential fence materials, but classification matters: a 'solid' fence (openings 25 percent or less) faces the three- and seven-foot height caps, while an 'open' fence may be any height. Certain uses require specific materials, such as chain-link enclosures around dangerous apparatus. Municipal codes govern fence materials inside Fayetteville and the towns.
Using chain-link where a screening buffer is required is a zoning violation; correction can be ordered and a $500 civil penalty accrues per day (Section 1704).
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