Apple Valley, CA Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

120(C), Design Standards, sets the material rules for residential fences and walls after the location and height rules in subsection (B) are met. Barbed wire, razor wire, electrification or similar barriers are expressly prohibited on any residential fence or wall in Apple Valley, with no exception carved out for agricultural or animal-keeping lots. Chain link fencing is separately restricted by district: it cannot be used in the front yard or along a street side yard of a corner lot within the Residential Single-Family (R-SF) or Residential Equestrian (R-EQ) zoning districts, the town's two most common single-family designations.

120(B)(2) allows to reach six feet in a front yard; the Code specifically excludes chain link from that exception even when it incorporates lattice or slats. 030(E), the Residential Design Standards chapter. 31, meaning the Planning Division checks material and finish, not just height and setback, whenever a permit is required under subsection (D). Because the barbed wire and electrification ban applies townwide and is not limited to a particular zoning district, it reaches equestrian and agricultural properties in the R-A and R-E districts that might otherwise expect to use ranch-style wire fencing; those properties must rely on wood rail, wrought iron, block or other conforming materials instead.