Port Orange, FL Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

Land Development Code Chapter 16, Section 3(b)(2) sets fence and wall heights by yard and use. For individual single-family and two-family lots, a permanent fence or wall cannot exceed six feet in rear or side yards, dropping to four feet within the required rear yard setback of an "atypical lot" (a lot backing to the Halifax River, wide water bodies, golf courses, or dedicated common open space). Front yards abutting a right-of-way are capped at four feet. 5. Fences and walls built as an integral part of a subdivision entrance or wall along a right-of-way may reach 12 feet including columns, and residential fences adjoining the Interstate 95 right-of-way can reach 12 feet along that property line.

Corner lots get a specific carve-out: a six-foot privacy fence can extend up to the front plane of the house on a secondary front lot line facing a local street, and can push to within five feet of that lot line where the secondary frontage is an arterial or collector road. Where a fence steps down from a taller to a shorter height, the transition must be completed before the point where the lower height limit begins. Fence height also interacts with the code's visual clearance rules in Section 6: no permanent fence or wall may sit within the sight-triangle areas the code protects, which include a 25-foot triangle at street intersections and a 10-foot triangle where a driveway meets a public right-of-way, both measured for a clear sightline between three and eight feet above grade.