Under the county ULMO, fences and walls may be located in all required yards and along any property line in unincorporated Spartanburg County. The main restriction is that no accessory structure, including a fence, may sit inside a required bufferyard.
ULMO §3.20(3)e provides that fences and walls 'may be located in all required yards and along any property line.' This makes fences one of the few accessory uses freely permitted within required setback and yard areas. The exception is §3.20(3): 'no accessory use may be located in a required bufferyard area' — bufferyards, required between conflicting uses, must stay clear so their screening plantings and structures work. Detached single-family homes and duplexes are exempt from providing bufferyards, so ordinary residential fences are unaffected.
A fence placed inside a required bufferyard is a zoning violation and must be relocated out of the buffer area.
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