7 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
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Under the City-Parish Unified Development Code, fences and walls may be a maximum of eight feet. Anything over four feet in a front or corner side yard must be at least 70 percent transparent (less than 30 percent solid).
EBR UDC 9.5.2(D)(2)
Fences or walls may be a maximum height of eight feet. Fences or walls greater than four feet in height, but not exceeding eight feet, may not be located within any front or corner side yard unless: The fence or wall is less than 30 percent solid, providing a minimum of 70 percent transparency.
Yes. The City-Parish Department of Development requires a Fence and Wall Permit before construction. Applications are filed online through mygovernmentonline.org and reviewed against UDC Section 9.5.2(D).
EBR Fence & Wall Permit Information Sheet (UDC 9.5.2(D))
Fences and/or walls over 8 feet in height require professional engineering and design for applicable wind speed where fence and/or wall are constructed.
Louisiana is a civil-law state. Boundary fence rights come from the Louisiana Civil Code, not common-law line-fence statutes. A fence on a boundary is presumed common, and enclosed neighbors can be compelled to share the cost.
La. Civ. Code art. 685
A fence on a boundary is presumed to be common unless there is proof to the contrary. When adjoining lands are enclosed, a landowner may compel his neighbors to contribute to the expense of making and repairing common fences by which the respective lands are separated.
Walls are regulated like fences under UDC 9.5.2(D): eight-foot maximum, transparency limits in front/corner side yards, and setbacks from streets and sidewalks. Any wall over eight feet requires engineered, wind-rated design.
EBR UDC 9.5.2(D)(1)(d)
Walls containing more than 50 percent exposed standard concrete masonry blocks shall not be allowed, whether painted or not.
UDC 9.5.2(D)(3) requires fences and walls to sit at least 15 feet from the edge of any street (five feet along alleys) and at least five feet behind any sidewalk, and never inside a drainage or utility servitude without consent.
EBR UDC 9.5.2(D)(3)
Fences and walls shall be set back as follows: A minimum of 15 feet from the edge of any street, except for alleys or back lanes where the minimum setback shall be five feet; or, A minimum of five feet from the backside of any sidewalk.
UDC 9.5.2(D)(1) bans concertina (razor) wire parish-wide, restricts barbed and electric wire to the Rural character area for livestock, and limits chain-link and exposed concrete-block walls.
EBR UDC 9.5.2(D)(1)(b)-(c)
Electric and barbed wire fences may be permitted in the Rural character area for the purpose of controlling livestock. Concertina wire fences shall be prohibited throughout the parish.
Wood, chain-link (except Downtown), and masonry are common permitted materials. UDC 9.5.2(D)(1) allows chain-link parish-wide outside Downtown and caps exposed concrete masonry at 50 percent of any wall.
EBR UDC 9.5.2(D)(1)(a), (2)(f)
Chain link fences may be permitted in all areas of the parish other than the Downtown character area. ... Chain link fences up to ten feet in height may be permitted in M zoning districts.
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