Benton County zoning caps residential fences at about six feet in side and rear yards and roughly four feet in the front-yard setback. Washington has no statewide fence-height statute, and corner lots must keep a clear-view triangle open.
Washington sets no state fence-height law, so height is fixed locally. In unincorporated Benton County the zoning code limits residential fences to roughly six feet in side and rear yards and about four feet within the required front-yard setback. Nothing tall may sit in a corner clear-view triangle, keeping sightlines open at intersections and driveways. Inside the Tri-Cities of Kennewick, Richland, and West Richland, and in Prosser, each city's municipal code controls instead, though limits are similar. Fencing or clearing brush in shrub-steppe critical areas can trigger separate GMA review. Taller fences require a variance.
A fence above the zoning height, or one blocking a corner clear-view triangle, draws a county code-enforcement notice ordering it lowered or removed, with penalties if left uncorrected.
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