Lubbock County cannot zone, so it sets no fence-height rule in unincorporated areas. Inside the City of Lubbock, a residential fence in the required front setback is capped at 48 inches; any other residential fence or wall may reach 10 feet.
Texas counties have no general zoning power, so unincorporated Lubbock County imposes no fence-height limit; its only land-development authority is subdivision platting and road/drainage review under Texas Local Government Code Ch. 232. City limits are different. The City of Lubbock's Unified Development Code (Ch. 39) caps a residential fence or wall in the required front setback at 48 inches, while any other residential fence or wall may be up to 10 feet. Apartments may run a six-foot ornamental-metal fence into a front or side-street setback if less than 50 percent opaque. Slaton, Wolfforth and other cities set their own limits. Confirm with the city that governs your address.
Cities enforce fence height through code enforcement and permit denial; the county cannot cite an over-height fence on unincorporated land.
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