Davenport imposes no residential cost-sharing mandate on boundary fences; each owner builds on their own land. City code does require a fence's finished side to face outward. Iowa Code Chapter 359A partition-fence rules apply to agricultural land.
Davenport has no ordinance forcing neighbors to split the cost of a residential boundary fence; those are private matters resolved by agreement or civil court. The one municipal rule about the shared face appears in Municipal Code Section 17.09.030.H: when only one side of a fence is finished, the finished side must face away from the lot on which it sits. Iowa's partition-fence statute, Iowa Code Chapter 359A, governs shared division fences between agricultural tracts, where township trustees act as fence viewers to resolve disputes and apportion cost. A boundary survey settles encroachment questions.
The city does not enforce cost-sharing disputes, which are civil matters. A fence installed with the unfinished side facing a neighbor violates DMC 17.09.030.H and draws a code-compliance notice. Encroachments are resolved by survey and civil remedy.
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