When it comes to Palm Beach, even a billionaire has to get permission to build a fence.
When billionaire financier Ken Griffin wanted to build a taller-than-average fence around his massive Palm Beach, FL, property, he went hat-in-hand to the Planning, Zoning, and Building Department of the Town of Palm Beach. (Realtor.com® contacted the department for comment.)
While the typically approved fence height is 7 feet, Griffin wants the northern boundary of his 27-acre property to have a fence ranging in height between 9 feet 2 inches and 9 feet 11 inches, according to Yahoo News.
Good fences make good neighbors
Griffin doesn’t want the taller fence for heightened privacy, but because the shifting topography of the land demanded it, said his lawyer. Without a higher fence, neighbors would have seen each other from certain angles…