Fullerton Municipal Code 15.17.050 does not enumerate prohibited fence materials, but the Director of Development Services reviews construction materials for compatibility and vision clearance whenever a non-view-obscuring exception is requested. Standard residential fences are typically wood, vinyl, masonry, or wrought-iron.
Fullerton's zoning ordinance does not include a separate list of prohibited residential fence materials, but FMC 15.17.050 requires the Director of Development Services to evaluate "the proposed construction materials, compatibility with neighboring properties, vision clearance and other factors" before approving a non-view-obscuring fence above the default front-yard height limit. In practice, this means barbed wire, razor wire, electrified fencing, or materials inconsistent with the residential character of the neighborhood would be denied. California Civil Code Section 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Law) also presumes that adjoining residential property owners share equally in the responsibility and reasonable cost of building or replacing a boundary fence, regardless of material, unless the parties agree otherwise in writing or one owner can prove by a preponderance of evidence that equal sharing would be unjust.
Fences using materials the Director deems incompatible (e.g., razor wire, barbed wire, or scrap materials in a residential zone) may be denied a height exception or cited as a public-nuisance Zoning Code violation. Code Enforcement may require removal or replacement. Disputes over boundary-fence materials and cost-sharing between neighbors are governed by Cal. Civ. Code Sec. 841 and resolved in civil court, not by the city.
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