Chatham County's zoning ordinance regulates safety and visibility, not cost-sharing. Sec. 5-1.5 bars any fence that violates vision-clearance (sight-triangle) requirements, and Sec. 5-1.2 prohibits a fence within 5 feet of a parallel existing structure or one that blocks light, air or emergency access. Cost disputes are private civil matters.
Under Sec. 5-1.5, no wall or fence may be built in a manner that violates the vision-clearance requirements of the regulations, protecting sight lines at intersections and driveways. Sec. 5-1.2 adds public-safety limits: a fence may not be a fire hazard, block light, air or emergency access from doors or windows, sit less than 5 feet from an existing parallel structure, or restrict adjacent gates, doors or windows. The county does not decide who owns or pays for a boundary fence between neighbors; ownership, maintenance and cost-sharing are handled between the property owners under Georgia civil law, not by the zoning ordinance.
A fence that blocks a sight triangle or violates the safety limits of Sec. 5-1.2 can be ordered altered or removed by the Zoning Administrator, with citations and fines. Boundary and cost disputes are resolved in civil court.
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