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

D of the Land Development Code sets fence standards for the Timber to Tides Design Overlay (T2TDO), the SR 200/A1A corridor through Yulee and East Nassau. Front-yard fences, with the front yard defined in article 32 of the LDC, cannot exceed four feet in height and must be at least 50 percent transparent, meaning a solid privacy fence facing the street is not allowed. Side and rear yard fences can run up to six feet, though non-residential and multifamily projects that go through site engineering plan review by the development review committee are exempt from that six-foot cap and can request a taller fence as part of their plan.

Chain-link fencing is prohibited outright anywhere in the overlay, whether in the front, side or rear yard. The same section addresses stormwater retention and detention facilities separately: they are supposed to be sloped so fencing is not needed, or bulkheaded instead, and if a fence is used around a pond it has to be picket, wrought iron or a similar decorative style, worked into the site as an amenity with circumference trails and vistas rather than a plain barrier. G require front-yard fences to be built of wood, wrought iron or similar decorative material, again barring chain-link.

Outside the mapped T2TDO boundary, these specific height and transparency numbers do not apply; a fence elsewhere in unincorporated Nassau County is governed by whatever standard, if any, is set for that parcel's district and use.