Unincorporated Washoe County requires commercial and industrial development adjoining residential uses to build a fence, wall or perimeter planting at least 6 but not more than 8 feet high, under Development Code Article 412, Landscaping.
Washoe County Development Code Section 110.406.50(b) requires that fences, walls or perimeter planting in commercial and industrial development adjoining residential uses be at least six (6) feet but not more than eight (8) feet in height, in accordance with Article 412, Landscaping. Fences, walls or perimeter planting adjoining a street may be a maximum of six (6) feet; those adjoining non-residential uses may reach a maximum of eight (8) feet. The county's Fences and Retaining Walls handout restates this: adjoining residential uses, a solid fence must be no less than 6 and no more than 7 feet; fencing adjoining nonresidential uses may be 8 feet. These screening standards protect residential neighbors from adjacent commercial activity.
Development approvals condition occupancy on required screening; missing or deficient perimeter fencing is a Development Code violation handled by county code enforcement.
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