Columbia County's zoning code, Sec. 90-144, limits backyard fences to six feet in most subdivisions, front-yard fences to three feet, and allows up to eight feet on larger R-A and R-1 acreage.
In unincorporated Columbia County, including Evans and Martinez, fence height is set by zoning Sec. 90-144(c)(1). In the suburban R-1A, R-2, R-3, R-3A, and PRD/PUD districts, a fence near a side or rear line may reach six feet, but one between the home's front wall and the road is capped at three feet (four on a corner's side street), where wire and chainlink are barred. A decorative privacy fence along a collector or arterial may rise to eight feet. On the larger R-A and R-1 lots common near Clarks Hill Lake, eight feet is allowed anywhere. HOA covenants routinely impose stricter limits.
A fence exceeding the zoning height or blocking an intersection sight-triangle draws a correction notice from county Planning and Development, with fines and required removal or lowering until it complies. HOA breaches are enforced separately in civil court.
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