Currently, the Land Development Code (LDC) generally has a maximum hedge height of six feet for single family and two family properties within required setbacks (higher heights are allowed along arterial and collector roadways, and lower heights within the front setback or waterward of the top of slope on waterfront lots). The proposed amendment would provide that, where a single family or two family property shares a common property line with a single family or two family property with two or more stories, any hedge along that common property line may be eight feet high.

The amendment would also allow hedges along side and rear property lines along a local street to be eight feet high (currently ten foot hedges are allowed along arterial and collector streets but local streets are not addressed), and other language modifications are proposed to make the intent more clear.