Camarillo, CA Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

040 of the Walls, Fences, and Landscaping chapter draws a hard line on wire fencing materials: barbed wire and concertina wire may only be used in the commercial or industrial zones, and even there a property owner needs a permit from the director of planning and community development before installing it. The section does not extend that allowance to any residential zone, meaning barbed or concertina wire is off-limits on residential-zoned property regardless of lot size or use. The same section carries a separate allowance for temporary security fencing required by another governmental agency or jurisdiction, which is permitted within the general yard setback area notwithstanding the rest of the chapter's fence rules; that carve-out covers fencing mandated by, for example, a utility or state agency rather than a property owner's own choice of material.

030, immediately before it, addresses a related but distinct situation: the director of public works or director of planning and community development can require a six-foot fence or wall around the perimeter of an area found to be a physical hazard, such as frequent inundation, erosion, excavation or a grade differential, but that section governs when a fence must go up around a hazard, not what material a voluntary residential or commercial fence may be made of. Both sections trace back to the original 1978 walls and fences ordinance, codified from prior code Section 9502.