Monroe Township (Gloucester County), NJ Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

The height rule is § 175-100(B): fences, walls, or screening used in place of a fence have a maximum height of six feet in the side and/or rear yard and four feet in the front yard. Subsection A adds that fences, walls or screening cannot be located in any required sight triangle. Subsection C requires construction in keeping with the character of the district, with maintenance kept to a minimum for the fence and the surrounding property, and without creating a hazard.

The sight triangle is defined in § 175-134. Sight triangles are required at all intersections of streets, and streets and driveways. Within one, no grading, planting or structure can be erected or maintained more than 30 inches above the center-line grade of either intersecting street or driveway, or lower than eight feet above their center lines, excluding fire hydrants, street name signs and official traffic regulation signs. Sight triangles follow AASHTO's geometric design policy and the speed limits established by Township Council, and the lot owner maintains a triangle that is part of the lot adjoining the street.

Other Township rules stack on top. Section 175-100(D) says the section does not repeal any other ordinance with fence specifications, such as the Swimming Pool Ordinance and Junkyard Ordinance. Under § 175-93(I), fences, walls or structures are not permitted in the reverse frontage buffer of a through residential lot with frontage on two streets, a buffer of at least 25 feet. The construction permit schedule in § 104-18 sets a $50 fee for residential fences over six feet in height, or used as a pool barrier, and § 74-16 refers fence fees to § 104-18.