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

Section 45-533 sets the county's fence height ladder by location and zoning. In residential districts, subsection (c)(1) caps a fence between the street right-of-way or easement and the front setback line at three feet, but allows four feet if the fence is open screening and does not interfere with vehicle visibility at traffic access points; the section defines open screening to include vertical picket fencing where the gap between pickets is at least one and one-half times the pickets' combined width and thickness, with a four-inch minimum gap in every case.

Side and rear fences between the lot line and the setback line are capped at six feet under (c)(2). A fence within 25 feet of a body of water must use open mesh screening above three and one-half feet under (c)(3), and a property owner can seek an administrative deviation for up to two additional feet of height under (c)(4). Commercial and industrial fences may reach eight feet around a project's perimeter once the director finds the fence will not interfere with traffic-access visibility, per subsection (d), and agricultural fences get the same eight-foot allowance along any property line in an agricultural district under subsection (f).

Height is always measured from the existing elevation of the finished adjacent grade of the property being fenced under subsection (b), and fences installed to meet a buffering or screening requirement approved by the development review committee do not need a separate height variance even if taller than these caps.