In unincorporated Sarpy County residential fences top out at six feet. Along a front yard or corner sight triangle a barrier must stay at least half-open and under thirty-six inches, and a corner-lot fence facing a side street caps at four feet.
Sarpy County's zoning regulations set fence height by where the fence sits. In residential districts the ceiling is six feet above ground level. Inside a front yard or the sight triangle at a corner, a fence, wall, or hedge used as a barrier must be at least fifty percent open and no taller than thirty-six inches so drivers can see. On a corner lot, a fence along the side lot line next to a street may not exceed four feet. The incorporated cities, Papillion, Bellevue, La Vista, Gretna, and Springfield, set their own caps, commonly four feet front and six feet rear and side.
A fence built over the district height limit draws a correction notice from Sarpy County Planning and Zoning and can be ordered lowered, brought into compliance, or removed.
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