Evansville, IN Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

(A) The height of fences, walls, or hedges in required yard setbacks may not exceed the following:

(1) Three feet in all required front yards on corner lots, and four feet in all other required front yards;

(2) Six feet along a side or rear lot line of residential property;

(3) Eight feet along a side or rear lot line of nonresidential property.

(B) A six-foot impassable fence shall surround all swimming pools, all accessories thereto, and all entries thereto. Swimming pools shall include but are not necessarily limited to pools over two feet in depth at any point. Swimming pools shall not include lakes.

(C) All junkyards, salvage yards, storage yards, outside storage areas, commercial vehicle and equipment parking lots, scrap yards, scrap metal reduction operations, garbage reduction operations, or similar operations to any of the above shall be completely enclosed with an opaque fence not less than eight feet high. This fencing requirement is mandatory for all storage areas for inoperable vehicles or inoperable equipment in conjunction with repair shops or similar operations when such storage areas abut residential areas or are visible from public thoroughfares. [Ord. G-89-17, passed 5-24-89; Ord. G-78-13, passed 5-8-78; Ord. G-76-10, passed 2-28-77. 1962 Code, Art. 9, Ch. 3, § 5; 1982 Code § 153.020; 1983 Code § 15.153.020.]