Glendale, AZ Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

Section 30-64 of the Glendale Code of Ordinances draws the line at six feet of height for barbed-wire strands near public right-of-way: no fence with barbed wire below that height may be built, or allowed to remain if already built, within ten feet of a street, sidewalk or roadway right-of-way anywhere in the city. The same section separately bans electrically charged fencing outright unless it carries Underwriters Laboratory approval and has not been modified, and it adds a catchall barring any fence that is or may become dangerous to persons, children or animals, whether newly built or already standing.

This sits within Article III of Chapter 30 (Fences, Trees and Hedges), which also regulates sightlines: Section 30-63 bars fences within thirty feet of a street corner that block more than ten percent of the driver's view above thirty inches, and bars fences within ten feet of a driveway that block more than twenty-five percent of the view above thirty inches. Section 30-61 makes both the owner and the occupier of a corner lot liable for a violation created or allowed to exist on the property, so a tenant is not automatically off the hook if the landlord installed the fence.