Fence Regulations in Pasco, WA (2026)
3 verified fence regulations for Pasco, Washington, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Height Limits
Pasco caps fences, walls, and hedges at three and a half feet in front yards under PMC 25.180.050(1)(c), with an extra 1.5 feet of at-least-85-percent transparent material allowed up to five feet total. Side, rear, and secondary front yards allow six feet. A vision-triangle rule bars anything over three feet near street and alley corners.
Pasco Fence Height Limits
Some RestrictionsPasco Municipal Code § 25.180.050(1)(a), (c), (d), (k)
(a) The height of fences, walls and hedges located between a structure and street or alley shall be measured from the street curb or alley grade except in those cases where topographical irregularities occur. The height of fences, walls and hedges between a structure and a common lot line shall be measured from the grade along the common lot line or top of any structural retaining wall occurrin...
Fence Permit Requirements
Pasco's residential (mobile/factory-assembled home) park rules say a permit may be required to erect, enlarge, alter, or repair a fence or site screen on a home site, with the work following the Pasco Building Code or the state Department of Labor and Industries. No general citywide fence-permit section appears outside this park-specific rule.
Fence Permits in Pasco Mobile Home Parks
Light RestrictionsPasco Municipal Code § 19.10.070
Permits may be required to erect, construct, enlarge, alter or repair any additions, carport, patio, utility shed, fence or site screen on a home site. All such work shall be accomplished in accordance with the Pasco Building Code and/or the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. No portion of any structure shall be permitted to encroach upon the required front, side or rear yards...
Material Restrictions
Pasco bans barbed and razor wire fencing in all residential districts, the office district, and the central business district under PMC 25.180.050(1)(g), and bars electrified fences from residential districts except as a secondary layer behind an existing fence. Tires, pallets, tarps, plastic sheets, and wire mesh fencing are also prohibited in residential and commercial zones.
Pasco Prohibited Fence Materials
Significant RestrictionsPasco Municipal Code § 25.180.050(1)(f)-(h)
(f) Fences shall not be constructed out of tires, pallets, bed springs, multi-colored materials, tarps, plastic sheets, corrugated sheet metal, except in industrial districts, wheel rims and similar or like materials not traditionally manufactured or used for fencing purposes. Hog wire, chicken wire, horseman wire mesh, v-mesh, field fence, woven field fence, welded utility fence, or any simila...
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