In unincorporated Spokane County, residential fences may reach 6 feet; nonresidential fences 8 feet. In a residential front or flanking-street yard, a sight-obscuring fence is capped at 3 feet and a non-sight-obscuring fence at 4 feet.
Spokane County Code (SCC) Title 14 (Zoning Code) sets fence height. SCC 14.812.100 allows residential fences up to 6 feet and nonresidential fences up to 8 feet. In a residential front or flanking-street yard, a sight-obscuring fence is limited to 3 feet and a non-sight-obscuring fence to 4 feet, so sightlines at driveways and corners stay open. A residential fence exceeding 6 feet requires a variance from the Hearing Body. These are county rules for unincorporated land; incorporated cities such as the City of Spokane and Spokane Valley set their own separate fence limits.
Fence-height violations are zoning-code enforcement matters handled by the Division of Building and Planning; over-height fences may require a variance, a permit, or removal to comply.
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