Fence Regulations in Davie, FL (2026)
4 verified fence regulations for Davie, Florida, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Height Limits
In the Town of Davie, residential fences and walls top out at 6 feet (8 feet next to nonresidential land), and any opaque fence within 25 feet of a street intersection must drop to 2 feet for sightlines.
Davie Fence Height and Corner Limits
Some RestrictionsDavie Code § 12-33(O)(1), (3)
No fence or wall shall be erected or maintained along or adjacent to a plot line for residentially zoned property to a height exceeding six (6) feet, except that where the plot line is adjacent to a nonresidentially zoned property, there shall be an eight-foot limit on the height of a fence or wall along such plot line. ... In any residential district no opaque fence, wall or hedge shall be ere...
Fence Permit Requirements
In Davie's 'E' District lakefront lots, the town may issue a special fencing permit allowing a fence beyond the standard limit if it keeps gated access to shared open space.
Davie 'E' District Lakefront Fence Permits
Significant RestrictionsDavie Code § 12-33(O)(10)
As to any other fences desired by a lakefront lot property owner in the "E" District Zoning, the town may issue a fencing permit to a lakefront lot property owner which is above the minimum size required and has within the lot excess lot area which is considered open space provided the fence has unlocked latch gated access to the open space on two sides through the lot so that the residents of ...
Retaining Walls
In the Town of Davie's Griffin Road Corridor District, a retaining wall used to transition a landscape buffer to adjacent grade may not exceed three feet in height under Section 12-436.11(E) of the Land Development Code.
Davie Retaining Wall Height Limit
Some RestrictionsDavie Code § 12-436.11(E)
Landscape buffers shall match the grade of the right-of-way at the streetside property line, or, in the case of a retaining wall along the right-of-way line, shall match the top elevation of the retaining wall. The landscape buffer shall not exceed a 20:1 slope within the required buffer width abutting the right-of-way, and shall not exceed a 4:1 slope thereafter if necessary to transition to t...
Material Restrictions
In Davie's AG, A-1 and R-1 Rural Lifestyle area, fences are limited to just four approved styles, split rail, vinyl-clad chain link, decorative picket, or building-envelope-only shadow box, under Section 12-287(B), excluding all other materials.
Davie Rural Lifestyle Fence Materials
Significant RestrictionsDavie Code § 12-287(B)(2)
Fences are limited to the following styles:(a)Split rail fence.(b)Green or black vinyl clad chain link fence.(c)Decorative picket fences in a uniform color of white, black or earth tone.(d)Shadow box and board-on-board fences shall be permitted only within the building envelope.
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