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Fence Regulations in Clark County, IN (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Clark County, Indiana.

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

Height Limits

A privacy fence in unincorporated Clark County is capped at eight feet under the code's definition, cannot block a driver's sight lines, and in residential zones cannot stand closer than 25 feet to a public roadway or the front of the residence, whichever is farther.

Clark County Fence Height and Sight-Line Rules

Some Restrictions

Clark County Code of Ordinances § 156.50(F)

A privacy fence may not be erected in any location or in any way as to obstruct the safe sight lines of a person operating a vehicle upon a public roadway. Regardless of road sight lines, privacy fences may not be erected in a residential zone any closer to a public roadway than 25 feet or the front of the residence, whichever is farther from the roadway.

Material Restrictions

Clark County's zoning definitions limit what a privacy fence can be built from: Section 156.05 allows wood, painted rustproof metal, vinyl, or other commercially produced synthetic fencing material, so long as it stays durable, uniform, and attractive, and caps the fence at eight feet tall.

Clark County Privacy Fence Material Rules

Light Restrictions

Clark County Code of Ordinances § 156.05

FENCE, PRIVACY. A fence of uniform construction which is no more than eight feet in height designed to obscure the area which it covers and defined by the commonly used understanding of the word as given by dictionary definition. A PRIVACY FENCE may be constructed of wood, painted rustproof metal, vinyl or other commercially produced synthetic fencing material so long as it is durable, uniform ...

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