Fence Regulations in St. Johns County, FL (2026)
3 rules for unincorporated St. Johns County, Florida.
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Height Limits
Side and rear yard fences in unincorporated St. Johns County can reach six to eight feet depending on grade changes, but front-yard fences within 25 feet of the property line are capped at four feet, rising to six feet on a corner lot's second front yard.
St. Johns County Fence Height Limits
Some RestrictionsSt. Johns County Land Development Code § 2.02.04.B.12
Fences, walls or hedges may be allowed along the edge of any required Yard in residential districts, provided that no fence, wall or hedge exceeds the heights provided below (measured from the natural grade or the approved established grade on either side of the fence, wall or hedge, whichever side is lower), nor obstructs the view of approaching traffic in each direction ... If there is a grad...
Retaining Walls
When a fence sits within five feet of a retaining wall on a St. Johns County residential lot, the two structures together cannot exceed eight feet measured from the base of the wall, overriding the standard grade-based fence height rules.
St. Johns County Fence-Retaining Wall Height Cap
Light RestrictionsSt. Johns County Land Development Code § 2.02.04.B.12.a(4)
Cumulative Height Measurements of Fences on retaining walls: Notwithstanding subparagraph 2.02.04.B.12.a.(3) above, the cumulative height of a fence and retaining wall when the fence is located within five (5) feet of a retaining wall shall be eight (8) feet as measured from the base of the retaining wall.
Material Restrictions
Unincorporated St. Johns County bans chain link and barbed wire fencing in the required front yard of the Palm Valley Overlay District covering Ponte Vedra, and requires landscaping or berming to hide any approved fence visible from a designated overlay roadway. The same material ban repeats nearly word-for-word in other coastal and corridor overlay districts.
St. Johns County Overlay Fence Material Ban
Some RestrictionsSt. Johns County Land Development Code § 3.06.04.A.4
Chain link, barbed wire and similar fencing materials shall not be allowed in any required Front Yard, and where such Fencing can be viewed from any roadway, landscaping and/or berming shall be provided to prohibit visibility from any Ponte Vedra/Palm Valley Overlay District Delineated Roadway.
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