Redondo Beach, CA Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

1524(b) measures fence height as the vertical distance from existing grade to the top of the fence, hedge, or wall, switching to finished grade only where a front or exterior side setback has been lowered below existing grade. In all residential zones, a front setback fence cannot exceed 42 inches, and a rear or side setback fence cannot exceed six feet, subject to the wall and pool exceptions in subsections (c) and (e). Reverse corner lots get an added 42-inch cap inside a triangular area at the corner abutting the front setback of the key lot, formed by a diagonal line drawn between two points 15 feet along the rear and exterior side lot lines.

Nonresidential zones follow the same structure: 42 inches in a front or exterior side setback, six feet in a rear or interior side setback. Subsection (d) layers a separate safety-vision rule on top of all of this: every corner lot must keep a triangular area clear of any tree, fence, shrub, or obstruction taller than 36 inches above the sidewalk grade, with the triangle formed by a diagonal line 15 feet along the front and side lot lines from their intersection. Lots that abut both a street and an alley keep the same 36-inch, 15-foot triangle at that intersection too.

Subsection (e) separately requires swimming pools and hot tubs to be enclosed by a fence or wall between six and eight feet high, fitted with a self-latching gate with the latch at least four feet above the ground, and inspected and approved by the Building Division before the pool can be filled with water.