Buena Park, CA Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

Fence and wall heights in Buena Park are set by the City's own Zoning Code, Title 19, Division 3 (Single-Family Residential Zones), Chapter 19.328, not by Orange County. Section 19.328.020 and Table 19.328.020 govern maximum heights in required yards. In the front yard, solid fencing may be no more than 2 feet tall; an upper non-view-obscuring section (such as wrought iron, split-rail, or picket, defined as not obscuring sight through more than 25 percent of the vertical plane) may bring the total to 4 feet, with an extra one-half foot of decorative element allowed on top of pilasters. Elsewhere on the lot (side and rear yards), fences, walls, and hedges may be up to 7 feet. The City code expressly caps residential fence height at 7 feet 'except where a greater height is required for noise reduction as determined by an acoustical analysis.' Fence height is measured as the vertical distance from finished grade at the base of the fence to the top edge, and grade may not be modified to gain extra height. On corner lots, no fence, wall, or hedge over 4 feet may extend into the street-side yard nearer to the street than any portion of the main building. This differs from generic state rules: California's Civil Code section 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) addresses cost-sharing, and the California Building Code (CRC) sets permit thresholds, but the 7-foot cap and the 2-foot/4-foot front-yard split are Buena Park's own standards.