Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 17.36 caps residential fences, walls, and hedges at 7 feet in height in side and rear yards. Within a required front yard or street-side yard on a corner or cul-de-sac lot, the limit drops to 3 feet (or 4 feet if the top foot is at least 50% open in R-A zones).
Visalia Municipal Code (VMC) Title 17 (Zoning), Chapter 17.36 (Fences, Walls and Hedges) sets the height standards by zone. Section 17.36.015 specifies that 'the height of a fence or wall shall be measured from the adjacent finished grade, excluding raised planters or berms, to the top of the fence, wall or hedge.' Section 17.36.030 (single-family residential) and 17.36.040 (multiple-family residential) both permit fences, walls and hedges up to seven feet in height in side and rear yards, but limit them to three feet in any required front yard or required street-side yard on a corner or cul-de-sac lot. In the R-A rural-residential zone (17.36.020), a fence or wall may reach four feet in front-yard areas provided the additional one foot is at least 50% open. In commercial and mixed-use zones (17.36.050) the same 7-foot side/rear and 3-foot front-yard limits apply, with required masonry buffer walls at least six feet high screening open storage areas. Office zones (17.36.060) require a concrete or masonry wall not less than seven feet high on property lines where the site abuts an R-A, R-1, or R-M zone.
Fences exceeding the 7-foot side/rear maximum or the 3-foot front-yard maximum are zoning violations enforced by Visalia Code Enforcement under VMC Title 17. The City typically issues a notice of violation requiring the owner to lower or remove the non-compliant section. Continued non-compliance can escalate to administrative citations under VMC Title 1 and civil enforcement. Complaints can be filed via the Code Enforcement hotline at 559-713-4534.
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