Sioux City, IA Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

1. Height. No fence or wall shall exceed the following heights:

a. Front yard: 48 inches.

b. Interior side yard (behind the front building line) and rear yard: six feet.

c. Street side yard: 48 inches to the front building line and then tapering up to six feet to the rear building

line.

d. In an interior side yard or rear yard abutting a mixed use or nonresidential district: eight feet.

e. In a rear yard abutting an arterial or collector street: six feet.

2. Orientation. The finished side of all fences shall face outward toward any adjacent rights-of-way, as illustration in Figure 25.03.090.3, Fence Orientation and Setback. All support posts and stringers shall face inward toward the property upon which the fence is located, or the subdivision that it screens (if located on commonly owned property).

3. Continuity of Fences and Walls Along Streets. The continuity of fences and walls along collector and arterial streets shall be maintained between street intersections on the same side of the street in terms of design, color, materials, and height. Where fences and walls along the same side of the street vary in design, color, materials, or height, then new or replacement fences or walls shall be matched to existing structures in the following order of priority:

a. Existing masonry walls, if such walls occupy more than 20 percent of the distance between street