Redlands, CA Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

020 sets the baseline fence and wall heights citywide. Open fences, defined as composed of wire mesh capable of admitting at least 90 percent of light, may reach four feet in a required front yard area. Along side and rear property lines, fences and walls may reach six feet, but no fence or wall exceeding three feet may stand within a required front yard area regardless of type. An open fence taller than six feet may be placed in the rear half of a lot only if the planning commission finds it will not create a nuisance to abutting property owners; such open fences up to sixteen feet, located in the buildable rear yard and set back at least ten feet from any property line, are exempt from that finding requirement.

010, which controls visibility at street intersections, alley intersections and private driveway entrances by projecting a 45-degree sightline through the required front and side yard setback lines. 030 requires a six-foot fence or wall at the top of slopes that form property lines between separate ownerships and along the perimeter of any area the commission deems dangerous to health and safety, and a six-foot solid masonry wall along boundaries separating industrial or commercial districts from residential districts, stepped down to three feet within that district's required front yard. 060, reviewed by a committee of the community development director and two planning commission members, with notice mailed to adjacent property owners.