Davie, FL Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Residential fence height
- 6 ft max
- Next to nonresidential land
- 8 ft max
- Corner visibility triangle
- 2 ft within 25 ft
- Equestrian districts
- RR, AG, A-1 exempted
Summary
In the Town of Davie, residential fences and walls top out at 6 feet (8 feet next to nonresidential land), and any opaque fence within 25 feet of a street intersection must drop to 2 feet for sightlines.
No fence or wall shall be erected or maintained along or adjacent to a plot line for residentially zoned property to a height exceeding six (6) feet, except that where the plot line is adjacent to a nonresidentially zoned property, there shall be an eight-foot limit on the height of a fence or wall along such plot line. ... In any residential district no opaque fence, wall or hedge shall be erected, constructed, maintained or grown to a height exceeding two (2) feet above the street grade nearest thereto, within twenty-five (25) feet of the intersection of any street lines.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 75).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 12-33(O)(1) caps residential fences and walls at six feet, rising to an eight-foot limit where the plot line abuts nonresidentially zoned land; the RR, AG and A-1 equestrian/agricultural districts are exempted from this height cap except as separately addressed in Sec. 12-286 and Sec. 12-288. Sec. 12-33(O)(3) layers on a corner-visibility rule: within any residential district, no opaque fence, wall or hedge may exceed two feet above street grade within twenty-five feet of any intersecting street lines, preserving sightlines for drivers pulling out of an intersection.
Violations & Fines
Building an oversized or sight-blocking fence violates Davie's Land Development Code; Davie Code § 1-9 sets the Town's general penalty: up to a $500 fine, up to 60 days jail, or both, per day the fence remains.
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