Coweta County, GA Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

Section 64 of the zoning and development ordinance removes fences and retaining walls from the setback math that applies to buildings: 'The setback requirements of this ordinance shall not prohibit any necessary retaining wall nor prohibit any wall or fence,' so a homeowner can build a fence up to the property line in the front, side or rear yard without seeking a setback variance, unlike a house or garage. That freedom is not unlimited at intersections. Section 66's corner-visibility rule requires an unobstructed sight triangle formed by points measured 20 feet along the property line from where two streets meet, or 15 feet along a street and an alley line.

Inside that triangle no sight-obscuring wall, fence or planted foliage may rise higher than 30 inches above grade, and trees must be kept trimmed so their canopy starts no lower than eight feet up. The ordinance measures the 30-inch cap from the top of the curb nearest the triangle, or from the edge of the traveled way where no curb exists, so a fence on a sloped corner lot is checked against street grade, not yard grade. A property owner who believes strict application of the 30-inch limit creates an undue hardship can apply for a variance to the board of zoning appeals under Article 28; the ordinance's own definition of a variance authorizes relief for 'height, area and size of structure or size of yards and open spaces,' which covers a corner fence.

Fences built taller than 30 inches inside the visibility triangle, or that otherwise violate the ordinance, are enforced the same way as any other zoning violation.