I know there are Abelias that stay around 2 feet so there might be a few that get a foot taller. My advice would be to check out your local botanic garden and see if they have any bushes the size you want and check to see if they are being pruned (look for cut marks on the stem tips).

You also might consider planting something that gets cut all they way back to the ground each winter - most established bushes can only put on about 4 feet of growth each year. Or consider growing perennials instead of bushes.

I agree with triangle john.
I planted Hetz miniature arborvitae down my front drive on one side, they are small, smallest arbs there are, and you don't trim them, they have a pretty nice shape.
Look them up online for a pic, mature height in 10 years is 3 feet tall.
Do you really want to get rid of your nice big bushes at the fence line?
You do realize that if you have neighbors on the other side of that fence you will have no privacy, right?
For no trimming you can plant perennials and then just cut them back in fall if you would like. Daylillies are great and care free. Grow anywhere. Good Luck.

Great suggestions. Thanks to both of you...Butterfly, I do have a privacy fence, so I don't mind not having tall shrubs up against it. I have over 50 rose bushes, so really don't have the time or enjoying having to prune landscape shrubs in addition to the roses. Love the dwarf Arborvitae..thanks.

50 rose bushes! You must post some pics once they are blooming