In unincorporated Scott County, Zoning Ordinance No. 3 caps fences at six feet in Rural Residential, Residential Suburban, and Urban Reserve districts. Shakopee, Savage, and Prior Lake set their own limits, generally six feet in back and lower in front.
Fence height depends on where you build. In the county's townships, Section 4-3-10 of Zoning Ordinance No. 3 limits fences to six feet from finished grade in Rural Residential, Residential Suburban, and Urban Reserve districts, and 8.5 feet in commercial and industrial districts, with agricultural fences that are at least 75 percent open exempt. Taller fences need an administrative permit and must be 75 percent open and set back ten feet. Shakopee, Savage, and Prior Lake set heights in their own zoning, usually six feet along side and rear lines and less in front, with a corner sight-triangle kept clear. Set posts below Minnesota's roughly 42-inch frost line.
A fence over the district limit or blocking a corner sight line draws a zoning correction notice from the county or city, with required lowering or removal until it complies.
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