Vanderburgh County, IN Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

060(A) sets a sliding scale of fence, wall, and hedge heights based on which yard the barrier sits in and how the property is used. In a required front yard, the limit drops to three feet if the lot is a corner lot, reflecting the tighter frontage corner lots carry under the county's yard rules; every other required front yard allows four feet. Along a side or rear lot line, residential property is capped at six feet, while nonresidential property may go to eight feet, matching the taller barrier commercial and industrial uses often need for screening or security.

The same section separately requires junkyards, salvage yards, scrap yards, outside storage areas, and inoperative-vehicle storage tied to a repair shop to be completely enclosed by an opaque fence at least eight feet high whenever the storage abuts a residential area or is visible from a public thoroughfare, a stricter standalone standard layered on top of the general height limits. Because these are yard-setback height limits rather than a stand-alone fence-permit chapter, a homeowner planning a taller privacy fence along a rear property line in an R-1 district needs to confirm both this six-foot cap and the Table A setback for any accessory structure the fence is attached to. The Area Plan Commission administers and enforces Title 17 as a whole, including this chapter.