Highlands County, FL Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

306 defines fence to include fences, walls and hedges, so the height limits below cover all three. Along the front edge of a required front yard, or the sides of that front yard, a fence is capped at four feet, except a chain-link fence may reach five feet, and a decorative fence may also reach five feet if it has air space between pickets at least as wide as the pickets themselves. A fence built farther back into the yard, beyond the front yard's required edge, escapes the four- and five-foot caps but then has to satisfy the zoning district's normal front-yard building setback instead of the fence-specific limit.

300, seven and one-half feet from the lot line, or falls under the higher limits the section allows near non-residential property. Where a residential lot borders land zoned for something other than residential use, the fence along that shared lot line may go up to eight feet, and fences enclosing a mobile home park or campground perimeter share that same eight-foot ceiling. Non-residential districts get one flat rule: no fence there may exceed eight feet anywhere in a required yard. Every fence, regardless of height, has to sit entirely within the applicant's own property.