Application:
Submit the
Fence and Wall Certificate Application along with a drawing of the location. An application cannot be processed without an attached drawing.
Department of Transportation
600 East Fourth Street
Charlotte, N.C. 28202
Telephone: 704-336-4119
Fax: 704-632-8140
Ordinance:
Section 19-4 of the City Code requires that:
"Any person building or about to build any house, building, fence or wall or construct any sidewalk or pavement along the border or bounding on any of the streets or sidewalks of the City shall have the same located and graded and boundaries thereof adjoining such street or streets, fixed and certified to by the Director of the Charlotte Department of Transportation. A fence or wall herein described cannot exceed height restriction as provided in the zoning ordinance or within required sight distance triangles at intersections (Section 14-16). And if any person shall construct any house, building, fence, wall, sidewalk or pavement as aforesaid, they shall be subject to punishment as provided in Section 1-7 of this Code for each and every offense; provided, however, that in such case as aforesaid the Director of the Charlotte Department of Transportation shall be paid for his services by the party so building or constructing a reasonable fee in accordance with a fee schedule established by the City Manager."