New Braunfels, TX Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

3-2(a) sets a flat eight-foot maximum height for fences and walls in every zoning context the code names: non-residential and multifamily property, parks, and one- or two-family residential lots alike. Ornamental features may top a fence beyond that height only if they obstruct less than 50 percent of the opening above the fence line, so decorative caps and lattice toppers are allowed but a solid extension is not. That eight-foot ceiling drops steeply in front yards. 3-2(b) bars any fence or wall in a required front yard unless it is no taller than 36 inches, or, if the fence is at least 50 percent open, such as chain link, wrought iron or picket-style fencing, it can reach four and a half feet.

3-2(c) measures the front yard from the front building line rather than the platted setback line where a legally nonconforming structure sits closer to the street than the current setback allows. 3-2(d) lets a fence running from the front or rear corner of a building continue through the side yard at whatever height the applicable zone allows. 3-1(b)(8) requires a 'sight triangle' at every street intersection, street-and-alley intersection, and driveway-to-street intersection, inside which no landscape material, wall, or other obstruction may stand between two and a half feet and seven feet above the street or driveway grade, regardless of what the general fence height rule would otherwise allow. 3-2(g).