Bellingham, WA Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

All barbed-wire fences which are located within two feet of any highway, alley, or way regularly used by the public for pedestrian, bicycle, or vehicular travel; and all electrified fences;

G. All trees which are growing on property adjacent to public sidewalks whose limbs are less than eight feet above the surface of the sidewalk or public pedestrian way; or trees, regardless of their location, whose limbs are less than 15 feet above the surface of any street or alley;

H. All wires which are strung less than 15 feet above the surface of a street, roadway, or alley, or eight feet above a sidewalk; except electric power wires, which must be not less than 10 feet above any sidewalk;

I. The existence of any drainage onto or over any sidewalk, public pedestrian way, or street or other public property other than through an approved drainage channel or recognized natural watercourse;