Galveston County cannot zone, so it sets no fence-height rule for unincorporated areas like Bolivar Peninsula, Bacliff, and San Leon. Inside cities the code governs: Galveston caps residential fences at 8 feet, and 4 feet for solid front-yard fences (5 feet if 60% transparent).
Texas counties have no general zoning authority, so unincorporated Galveston County imposes no fence-height limit. Your city's code controls. In the City of Galveston, Land Development Regulations Sec. 2.501 caps residential fences and freestanding walls at 8 feet, limits solid front-yard fences to 4 feet (5 feet if at least 60% transparent), and allows 12 feet for tennis-court fences. Texas City allows 8-foot back-yard fences but only 30-inch opaque front fences. On Galveston's Broadway Boulevard corridor, residential fencing is capped at 42 inches solid or 80 inches open. Always confirm coastal, historic-district, and beachfront overlays before building.
Building without a required city fence permit or exceeding height limits can trigger stop-work orders, code-enforcement citations, and forced removal or lowering of the noncompliant fence at the owner's expense.
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