Beyond general height limits, Tulare County's Zoning Ordinance imposes specific fence requirements in certain situations: commercial off-street parking lots abutting residential zones must be screened by a solid 6-foot fence or wall, and swimming pools must be enclosed by a barrier meeting building-code standards.
Most residential fences in unincorporated Tulare County are simply governed by the height and placement limits in Section 15 of Ordinance No. 352 (6 feet along side/rear lot lines; 3.5 feet in a required front yard). The Zoning Ordinance also sets situation-specific fencing requirements. Section 15.A.5.b requires that any off-street parking area be 'paved and a solid fence or wall, six (6) feet high ... constructed along each boundary of such area abutting upon property classified in the R-A, R-O, R-1, R-2 or R-3 Zones; provided, however, that said wall or fence shall be four (4) feet high along the side of the required front yard.' Separately, the adopted California Building Code (Ordinance Code Chapter 7-15) requires swimming pools to be surrounded by a barrier - 'a fence, wall, building wall or a combination thereof' - that obstructs access, and it sets technical standards such as a maximum 2-inch mesh for chain-link barriers and placement of horizontal members on the pool side where rails are closer than 45 inches apart. Agricultural and rural-residential (R-A) parcels have additional separation rules, such as a 40-foot minimum distance between a dwelling and livestock structures. Confirm any specialized fencing requirement with the Tulare County RMA before building.
Failing to install a required screening fence around a commercial parking lot, or an adequate pool barrier, violates the Zoning Ordinance or adopted Building Code and is enforced by Tulare County RMA Code Compliance, which can require installation of the missing or noncompliant barrier.
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