7 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Lane County, Oregon.
Verified from official government sources
In setback areas of unincorporated Lane County, screening fences may not exceed 3.5 feet unless a registered engineer certifies no visual obstruction. Livestock wire fencing may reach 7 feet. Cities like Eugene set their own limits.
LC 15.200.010A.10
Visual screening including fences, walls, hedges, guard railings, or other similar landscaping or architectural devices, may be established within the setback area provided that such screenings do not exceed three and one-half (3 1/2) feet in height and comply with Visual Clear Zone requirements specified in LC 15.200.070C.
Lane County does not require a zoning permit for a typical residential fence, but fences must sit entirely inside your property line, meet setback and Visual Clear Zone rules, and a building permit may apply to fences over 6-7 feet.
LC 15.500.050A.1; LC 15.200.010A.13
Fences MUST be constructed entirely inside the property boundary and are not allowed to be placed in the road right-of-way in accordance with LC 15.500.050A.1 and LC 15.200.010A.13.
Lane County land-use code does not resolve shared-fence cost disputes; that is governed by Oregon's partition-fence statute (ORS 96) and civil law. County code only requires fences to sit inside your own boundary and meet clear-zone rules.
Lane County treats retaining walls as structures subject to setback and Visual Clear Zone rules. Under the Oregon building code, retaining walls over 4 feet (measured bottom of footing to top) generally require a structural building permit.
LC 15.200.010A.11
Visual screening allowed by 15.200.010A.10 may exceed three and one-half (3 1/2) feet in height within the setback area, provided it does not conflict with other sections of Lane Code and does not create a visual obstruction. A certification from an Oregon Registered Professional Engineer is required prior to construction of visual screen according to a Type I procedure pursuant to LC Chapter 14.
Every fence in unincorporated Lane County must stay inside the property line and preserve the Visual Clear Zone at road and driveway corners, where nothing between 2.5 and 15 feet high may block sight lines within a 15-foot triangle.
LC 15.005.010
A triangular area of a driveway or road intersection corner that is 15 feet in length along the driveway and along intersecting roads. No visual obstructions such as plantings, walls, fences, signs, or other structures or vegetation, either temporary or permanent in nature, between two and one-half (2 1/2) and fifteen (15) feet in height above the road surface are permitted in this area.
Lane County code does not ban specific fence materials, but it singles out livestock wire fencing (excluding cyclone or chain-link) for a taller 7-foot allowance in setbacks. All materials must still meet Visual Clear Zone and placement rules.
LC 15.200.010A.12
Wire fencing such as that used for livestock, excluding "cyclone" or chain-link fencing, of up to seven (7) feet in height and which complies with Visual Clear Zone requirements in LC 15.200.070C may be established within the setback area.
Wood, vinyl, metal, wire and chain-link fences are all allowed in unincorporated Lane County. Livestock-style wire fencing gets a taller 7-foot allowance in setbacks; every material must still satisfy the Visual Clear Zone and stay inside your property line.
LC 15.200.010A.12
Wire fencing such as that used for livestock, excluding "cyclone" or chain-link fencing, of up to seven (7) feet in height and which complies with Visual Clear Zone requirements in LC 15.200.070C may be established within the setback area.
1 cities in Lane County have their own fence regulations rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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