In unincorporated Escambia County, residential fences may reach 3 feet in the front yard (4 feet if transparent) and 8 feet in side and rear yards. In the City of Pensacola the limits are 4 feet 6 inches front and 6 feet 6 inches side and rear.
Escambia County's Land Development Code (LDC) § 5-9.4(a) sets residential fence heights everywhere except Pensacola Beach: front yard 3 feet for opaque materials or 4 feet for transparent materials that do not obstruct light, air and visibility; side and rear yards 8 feet. Height is measured and averaged at 8-foot intervals along the property line and includes any berm. Within the City of Pensacola, Code § 12-3-63(b) allows 4 feet 6 inches in the required front yard and 6 feet 6 inches in required side and rear yards, with lower limits on corner-lot street sides for visibility. Pensacola Beach lots follow a separate 3-/6-foot schedule.
Over-height or non-conforming fences are code-enforcement violations; the county can order removal or alteration and issue fines through the Code Enforcement Board until the fence is brought into compliance.
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