Hernando County caps residential fences at four feet in front yards and eight feet in side and rear yards. Rear-yard fences backing waterfront, golf courses, or common areas drop to four feet and must stay at least 25 percent open.
Fence heights are set by the Hernando County Fence Code, Chapter 8, Division 14, Section 8-210.15. In any residential district a front-yard fence or wall may not exceed four feet, while side and rear yards allow up to eight feet. On the Nature Coast canals of Hernando Beach and golf communities like Silverthorn and Glen Lakes, a rear fence adjacent to waterfront, a golf course, or common open space is held to four feet and must be chain link, split-rail, or picket leaving at least 25 percent open. Nothing over two feet may block a driver's view inside a clear-sight triangle. Spring Hill deed restrictions and HOAs often set tighter limits.
A fence exceeding the code height or sitting in a clear-sight triangle draws a Hernando County Code Enforcement notice and an order to lower, alter, or remove it, with civil penalties until corrected.
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