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

[Elaine (itchyink]

I'm not sure if my community has a policy but my family put up a temporary
fence, about three feet high and see-through, around our backyard and front
porch when our baby started to walk. For mothers of very young children I
consider such a fence a necessity, at least temporarily. It allows me to
tend to stuff in the kitchen while my kids get some fresh air -- giving us
both greater freedom. Something to consider when making policy.
Elaine
> 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.
>