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Fence Regulations in Broward County, FL (2026)

3 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 5 cities in Broward County, Florida.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Broward County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Height Limits

Unincorporated Broward caps residential fences, walls, and hedges at 6 feet, 8 feet next to commercial or industrial land, and 30 inches near corner intersections.

Broward County Fence Height Limits

Some Restrictions

Broward County Code § 39-275(4)

Fences, walls, or hedges may be erected, planted, and maintained upon any plot line and in required yards of residentially-zoned property to a maximum height of six (6) feet, except as follows: (a) On a lot line not at a corner, abutting commercial or industrially-zoned property, a fence, wall, or hedge may be a maximum height of eight (8) feet. (b) On a corner lot, no opaque fence, wall or hed...

Fence Permit Requirements

Broward County caps fences on residential lots at six feet, eight feet next to commercial or industrial land, bans barbed and razor wire, and limits corner-lot fences to 30 inches near intersections, but only in the unincorporated area.

Broward County Fence Height and Type Rules

Some Restrictions

Broward County Code § 39-275(4)

(4)Fences, walls and hedges. Fences, walls, or hedges may be erected, planted, and maintained upon any plot line and in required yards of residentially-zoned property to a maximum height of six (6) feet, except as follows:(a)On a lot line not at a corner, where a residential plot abuts commercial or industrially-zoned property, a fence, wall, or hedge may be a maximum height of eight (8) feet.(...

Material Restrictions

In Central County Community neighborhoods, Broward bans chain-link, solid wood, solid concrete, and solid block front-yard fences.

Broward County Fence Material Bans

Some Restrictions

Broward County Code § 39-638

In Washington Park: Fences, hedges, and walls shall be permitted in front yards and erected, planted, and maintained at a height of no greater than forty-eight (48) inches. Fences and walls shall not be chain link, solid wood (including shadow box), solid concrete, or solid block.(b)In Roosevelt Gardens: Hedges at a height no greater than forty-eight (48) inches shall be permitted in the front ...

Fence Regulations by City in Broward County

5 cities in Broward County have their own fence regulations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.

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