Goodyear, AZ Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)
Key Facts
- Front yard height cap
- 3 feet, Zoning Ordinance § 4.3.3(A)(3)
- Rear/side yard height cap
- 6 feet, measured from interior grade
- Corner visibility triangle
- No obstruction over 3 ft within 33-ft triangle
- Differing-grade lots
- 6 ft high side, 8 ft low side
- Engineering trigger
- Structural calculations required over 6 feet
Summary
Goodyear caps residential fences and walls at three feet in the required front yard and six feet in side and rear yards, measured from the interior finished grade. Corner lots must additionally keep anything over three feet out of a sight-visibility triangle formed by lines drawn thirty-three feet back from the intersecting street right-of-way lines.
7. No walls, buildings, or other obstructions to view in excess of three (3) feet in height shall be placed on any corner lot within a triangular area formed by the street right-of-way lines and a line connecting them at points thirty-three (33) feet from the intersection of the street right-of-way lines. ... 3. In residential and agricultural districts, the maximum height of any freestanding wall or fence in a required front yard shall be three (3) feet except for walls that create a portal which shall be designed as an integral component of the portal fixture, as determined in the required Design Review process. 4. In residential and agricultural districts, the maximum height of a wall or fence in the rear or side yards shall be six (6) feet as measured from the side facing interior of the property line.
Full Breakdown
3(A)(3), unless it forms part of a design-reviewed entry portal. 3(A)(4) allows up to six feet, measured from the side facing the interior of the property line. 2(A)(4) explains how height is measured generally: from the lowest adjacent grade, except where the fence sits next to an alley, private road, or street right-of-way with a higher grade, in which case height runs from the top of that crown; screening devices are measured from the highest adjacent grade instead. 2(A)(7): no wall, building, or other obstruction over three feet may sit inside the triangular area formed by the street right-of-way lines and a line connecting points thirty-three feet from the intersection, the sight-visibility triangle used to keep turning and crossing traffic visible.
2(A)(5) caps the wall at six feet on the high side and eight feet on the low side, with any variance from that requiring written Development Services Department approval. 3(A)(7)-(8).
Violations & Fines
A fence or wall built taller than the yard-specific cap, three feet in the front yard, six feet in side or rear yards, is a Zoning Ordinance violation Development Services can require the owner to cut down or remove. Anything blocking the corner sight-visibility triangle over three feet is treated the same way, and a wall over six feet built without the required structural calculations or building permit is a separate build violation.
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