Bridgeport, CT Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Height cap
- 4 feet
- Corner-lot zone
- 25 feet from corner
- Allowed materials
- rails, boards, other materials
- Trigger
- common council order
- Non-compliance
- city builds it, bills owner
Summary
Bridgeport caps hedges, shrubbery, and full board fences at four feet within 25 feet of a corner lot's street-side point, and requires street-abutting owners to build a rail, board, or other-material fence when the common council orders it.
No hedge, shrubbery or full board fence shall be permitted at a height of more than four feet on any corner lot within a distance of twenty-five (25) feet from the corner point of the fence line on the street sides of such lot. ... [E]very owner of any lot of land which abuts upon any street shall, when ordered to do so by the common council, cause to be erected and maintained on the line of such lot adjoining the street a suitable and sufficient fence of rails, boards or other materials; and the director of public facilities is authorized to erect such a fence at the expense of the parties interested, when the owner shall neglect to provide the same within the time limited in such order.
Full Breakdown
Bridgeport Municipal Code § 12.16.050 bars hedges, shrubbery, and full board fences taller than four feet on corner lots within 25 feet of the corner point along the street sides: a sight-line rule for intersections. Separately, any owner of a lot abutting a street must erect and maintain, on the line adjoining the street, a suitable fence of rails, boards, or other materials, but only once the common council issues an order requiring it. If the owner doesn't comply within the time set in that order, the director of public facilities can build the fence and bill the owner.
Violations & Fines
The code sets no fine for § 12.16.050 itself; if an ordered owner fails to build the required fence in time, the city erects it and bills the property owner for the full cost.
Frequently Asked Questions
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