Citrus County, FL Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

Section 3150 of the Citrus County Land Development Code, Fences, Hedges, and Walls, sets the residential fencing rules for unincorporated Citrus County. Subsection A bars barbed wire or electrical fencing in residential districts "unless an agricultural use is authorized," meaning a property without that authorization can't run a hot wire or barbed-wire fence along its lot line even for security. Subsection B caps height at six feet for any fence or wall in a residential district, and requires the fence to sit outside any recorded easement.

Subsection D limits the allowed materials to "wood posts, picket, field fence, basket weave, lattice, split rail, woven saplings, cast or wrought iron, chain link or pvc/plastic," again with the agricultural-use exception. Subsection C layers on a separate limit near intersections: fences, walls, hedges, or vegetation can't exceed 30 inches above the average road grade inside the clear visibility triangle defined in Section 7180 of the LDC, so a taller privacy fence has to stop short of a corner sightline. Section 3150 was last amended by Ordinance No.

2024-A12, adopted July 23, 2024, following an earlier amendment under Ordinance No. 2022-A39 on July 12, 2022. These standards apply only outside Crystal River and Inverness city limits; each of those cities sets its own fence rules under its own code.