Citrus County, FL Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

Citrus County's Land Development Code sets the fence and wall standards that apply across the unincorporated county, not inside the cities of Crystal River or Inverness, which enforce their own municipal codes. Section 3150(B) caps every residential fence or wall at six feet, measured wherever it sits along a property line outside a required easement. That six-foot ceiling drops sharply at intersections: Section 3150(C) limits any fence, wall, hedge, or other structure or vegetation to 30 inches above the average road grade inside the corner visibility triangle defined in Section 7180 of the LDC, so a driver approaching the corner can see oncoming cross-traffic.

Materials are restricted too. Section 3150(D) lists the only fence materials the county allows in residential districts: wood posts, picket, field fence, basket weave, lattice, split rail, woven saplings, cast or wrought iron, chain link, or PVC/plastic. Barbed wire and electrified fencing are banned under Section 3150(A) unless the property carries an authorized agricultural use, in which case both the material list and the wire ban are waived. The LDC does not set a separate front-yard number distinct from the six-foot cap; the same limit governs front, side, and rear yards outside the visibility triangle.

These standards were readopted as part of Ordinance No. 2026-A16, effective June 22, 2026, in Chapter Three, Use Standards, of the LDC. A resident planning a wood or chain-link fence should measure sightlines at any corner lot before building, since the 30-inch cap there is far stricter than the six-foot standard everywhere else in the yard.