Delaware County, PA sets no fence-placement requirements; each municipality does under the PA Municipalities Planning Code. Upper Darby Township, for example, bars fences from front yards in R-C, R-C-1, R-1 and R-2 Residence Districts, with a corner-lot exception. Confirm front-, side- and rear-yard rules with your borough or township.
Where a fence may be placed on your lot is set by your municipality, not Delaware County. The PA Municipalities Planning Code, Section 603(b)(3), authorizes zoning ordinances to regulate "areas, courts, yards, and other open spaces and distances to be left unoccupied by uses and structures," which is how municipalities create front-yard, side-yard and corner-lot fence rules. As a representative example, Upper Darby Township provides at §550-39B(1): "Fences shall not be constructed, erected and/or maintained in the front yard of any lot, tract or parcel of land located in an R-C, R-C-1, R-1 or R-2 Residence District. However, if within an R-C, R-C-1, R-1 or R-2 Residence District the lot is a corner lot which abuts on more than one
Placement violations are enforced by the municipal zoning officer, not the county. A fence in a prohibited front yard, or one blocking a corner sight triangle, can be cited and ordered removed. Upper Darby's §550-39K sets fines of $100 to
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