Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Re: [C-L]fences/walls in backyards in cohousing

[Dahako (Dahako]

Hi -

When I lived in Eno Commons in Durham, NC, the group came up with a fence 
policy designed to support a continuum of public to private spaces from the 
pedestrian path side of each unit (the front) to the yard side of each unit 
(the 
back).  Eno Commons is a mix of single family houses and paired townhomes, each 
with an 8-foot front yard on the pedway and a deeper back yard.

To the best of my recollection (Robert, help me out here!), the policy was 
that any front yard fences needed to be 2-3 feet or shorter.  Back yard fences 
could be as high as 6 feet, but could not be palisade style fence - all fencing 
had to be see-through, but not chain link.

Almost no one has a fence - when I moved out there was just one entirely 
enclosed back yard.  Several people installed stone walls into sloped areas, 
but 
that was considered a different issue.

-Jessie Handforth Kome
Eastern Village Cohousing
Silver Spring, Maryland
"Where we're planning landscaping for our green roof / park / kids play lot 
/hot tub area."