San Angelo sets fence height through its zoning ordinance, but the hard, enforced rule is the corner sight triangle: nothing between two and nine feet tall may sit in the 30-by-30-foot triangle at street intersections.
San Angelo's zoning ordinance (Chapter 12, Exhibit A) governs how tall a fence may stand in each yard, while the sharpest citywide limit is the view-obstruction rule in Code section 8.06.002. It bars any wall, fence, tree, or shrub taller than two feet and shorter than nine feet inside the 30-foot-by-30-foot sight triangle at street corners, and inside 10-foot-by-10-foot triangles at driveways and alleys. Single-trunk trees pruned to seven feet and eight-inch sign posts are exempt. Under the adopted 2021 International Residential Code, a residential fence needs no building permit unless it exceeds seven feet.
A fence that blocks a required sight triangle is a misdemeanor under section 8.06.004; fines follow the general penalty in section 1.01.009, up to $2,000 for zoning violations, and the obstruction must be lowered or removed.
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