6 rules for unincorporated Okaloosa County, Florida.
Verified from official government sources
In unincorporated Okaloosa County, fences may reach eight feet in any zoning district and can sit on the property line. On Okaloosa Island, fences within the street-front setback are capped at 42 inches, and nothing may block the intersection sight line.
Okaloosa County, FL, Land Development Code § 2.21.05.4
Fences are permitted in any zoning district subject to the following restrictions... Fences shall not exceed eight (8) feet in height.
Standard wood, chain-link, vinyl, and wrought-iron fences up to eight feet need no building permit in unincorporated Okaloosa County. Any other material, or a solid wall with footers, requires a building permit and engineer-sealed plans from the Growth Management Department.
Okaloosa County, FL, Growth Management, Permit Guide for Fences and Walls (LDC § 2.21.05.4)
A building permit is required if the building material consists of anything other than wood, chain link, vinyl, or wrought iron.
No Florida statute makes a neighbor split the cost of a boundary fence, so cost-sharing in Okaloosa County is voluntary. A malicious fence serving no real purpose is a spite fence a court can treat as a common-law nuisance and order removed.
Okaloosa County requires permits for retaining walls above a certain height, typically 4 feet. Engineering review may be required for taller walls.
Okaloosa County requires pool barriers meeting safety codes to prevent drowning. Fences must be at least 4 to 5 feet tall with self-closing, self-latching gates.
Okaloosa County's Land Development Code lets fences be built of customary materials such as wood, metal, wire, or masonry. Barbed wire, razor wire, and chicken wire are prohibited in residential districts. Salt- and wind-tolerant vinyl and aluminum suit the Gulf coast.
Okaloosa County, FL, Land Development Code § 2.21.05.4
Fences must be constructed using customary fencing materials such as wood, metal, wire, or masonry... Use of barbed wire, razor wire, or chicken wire is prohibited in residential districts.
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