Fence Regulations in Blue Earth County, MN (2026)
2 rules for unincorporated Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
Verified from official government sources
Height Limits
Unincorporated Blue Earth County caps fences under section 24-302(g): six feet in side and rear yards and 42 inches in front yards in the A, C, RR and RT districts, and six feet in business and industry districts (eight feet for barbed-wire-topped security fences). Corner lots also carry a 36-inch sight-triangle limit under section 24-302(f).
Blue Earth County Fence Height Limits
Some RestrictionsBlue Earth County Code § 24-302(f)-(g)
(f)Traffic visibility. No fence, wall, structure, planting or obstruction shall be erected, established or maintained, on any corner lot exceeding 36 inches in height, as measured from the centerline elevation of the street, which will obstruct the view of a driver of a vehicle approaching the intersection. (g)Fences. ... Fences in the A, C, RR or RT districts shall not exceed six feet in heigh...
Neighbor Fence Rules
Blue Earth County's zoning ordinance settles boundary-fence disputes before they start. Section 24-302(g) requires a fence builder to keep the entire fence on their own property unless the adjoining owner agrees in writing to let it sit on the division line, and it requires known survey markers, or a new survey, before that line placement happens.
Blue Earth County Boundary Fence Rules
Some RestrictionsBlue Earth County Code § 24-302(g)
(g)Fences. All boundary line fences shall be entirely located upon the private property of the person constructing, or causing the construction of such fence, unless the owner of the property adjoining agrees, in writing, that such fence may be erected on the division line of the respective properties, provided property survey markers are present and known, otherwise a survey needs to be conduc...
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