Yonkers, NY Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

City Code § 43-41D(3)(a) sets the baseline: fences or walls shall not exceed four feet in height if located in a required front yard setback or in any other required yard setback abutting a street, and six feet in height within any other required yard setback, except that a fence of not less than 75% open construction may have a maximum height of eight feet where located in a nonresidential district. The same subsection lets the Commissioner of the Department of Housing and Buildings require a retaining wall to carry a bumper guard or an open fence for safety, adding up to 4 feet beyond those caps.

Subsection D(3)(b) bars placing any fence or wall on a corner lot or at a driveway opening so as to obstruct the vision of motor vehicles at street intersections or driveway openings, and D(3)(c) turns that into a hard geometric rule: on a corner lot with both a front yard and a side-front yard, no fence, wall or other structure shall be erected to a height in excess of four feet within the triangular area determined by the intersecting street lines and a diagonal connecting two points, one on each street center line, each 75 feet from the intersection of those center lines.

Every fence and wall, regardless of height, must sit located inside all lot lines under D(1), and electrically charged fences, barbed-wire fences and fences built of other sharp materials are banned outright under D(2). A separate citywide rule bans barbed wire along any public street or highway, no matter the district.