Unincorporated Lubbock County has no fence code because it cannot zone. City requirements apply inside limits: the City of Lubbock requires wooden picket and metal-panel fences to use metal posts, brackets and caps, and limits split-rail fencing to lots of one acre or larger.
There is no county fence standard for unincorporated Lubbock County; the county regulates only platting, sewage and floodplain matters. The City of Lubbock sets the requirements in its Unified Development Code. Sheet, roll or corrugated-metal fences are allowed only when built with metal posts, frames, brackets and caps, and wooden picket fences only with metal posts, brackets and caps and horizontal members at least 2" x 4". Wooden split-rail or painted pipe-rail fencing is limited to parcels of one acre or larger. A new subdivision's perimeter fence must be at least six feet high with masonry columns every 30 feet. Verify requirements with the city that governs your parcel.
Non-compliant fences inside a city can be denied a permit or cited by code enforcement; the county does not enforce fence construction on unincorporated land.
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