Warner Robins, GA Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

4 sets the height rules for walls and fences in residential districts. Front yard fences and walls are capped at 4 feet and may not extend into the public right-of-way. For lots with more than one street frontage, such as corner lots, the code defines the 'front yard' as the side facing the street with the least dimension, so the 4-foot limit applies to whichever frontage is shortest, not necessarily the address side. In the side or rear yard, fence material can rise to 8 feet, measured from the top of the finished fence down to grade elevation, and every fence must leave enough ground clearance to allow proper drainage.

1: detached features like gazebos and pergolas up to 20 square feet are allowed in front, side, or rear yards without triggering the fence height limit, since those are treated as decorative landscaping rather than a wall or fence. 4 doesn't carve out a separate visibility-triangle standard, corner-lot sight distance is controlled through the dual front-yard treatment described above rather than a distinct clear-sight easement provision elsewhere in this chapter. A fence exceeding either limit is treated the same as any other zoning nonconformance and is subject to correction by the zoning enforcement officer before a certificate of occupancy or other permit will be issued on the lot.