No Alabama statute caps residential fence height. In Lee County the binding numbers come from Auburn and Opelika zoning, or the county's beat-by-beat zoning regulations where voters adopted them. Corner sight triangles apply everywhere.
Alabama sets no statewide fence-height cap, so the limit depends on where the lot sits. In Auburn, front-setback fences are held to 42 inches unless they are see-through chain link or wrought iron, which may reach 72 inches; rear and side yards allow taller. Opelika sets its own residential heights by ordinance. Unincorporated Lee County is only partly zoned: the Lee County Planning Commission, created by Act 2007-401, applies zoning regulations beat by beat, and only where a majority of that beat's voters approved it. On unzoned rural land the height is effectively unregulated except for corner-lot sight triangles, and recorded subdivision covenants can set a lower cap.
A fence over the Auburn or Opelika limit, or one blocking a corner sight triangle, draws a municipal zoning correction order. In a zoned county beat, the Planning Commission enforces. HOA breaches are settled in civil court.
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