Crenshaw v. Maguire

KENNETH M. ROMINES, Judge.

Introduction

This case disproves Robert Frost’s rule that “good fences make good neighbors.” The burning question is whether, under an Elsberry, Mo. zoning ordinance, an ordinary chain-link fence is a “building” or a “solid fence,” and thus, whether such a fence must be placed no less than 7.5 feet from a homeowner’s property line. The answer to this question lies in the construction of the term “building,” as it is defined in the Elsberry city ordinances, and this Court will endeavor to enrich the annals of Missouri jurisprudence with our probing analysis of this…