Miramar, FL Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

8, Fences and Walls, sets Miramar's material rules alongside its height limits. The residential rule is unconditional: barbed wire and other similar material is not permitted on a fence or wall within a residential district, with no exception carved out for corner lots, rear yards, or side yards. Wood fencing in a residential district is restricted to five named species: pressure treated pine, redwood, cypress, black locust, and cedar, and every board used in that fence must have a nominal thickness of one inch, a construction standard aimed at keeping wood fences sturdy and consistent in appearance across neighborhoods.

Non-residential properties are treated differently for barbed wire. The code allows barbed wire and similar material on a fence that secures a storage or freight area, recognizing a legitimate security need at industrial and warehouse sites, but it draws a hard line at visibility: that material cannot be used at the perimeter of a property that is visible from a right-of-way, so a business cannot ring its street-facing frontage in barbed wire even if the rest of the yard qualifies for the exception. The same section separately bars barbed wire from residential parcel perimeter and entry walls built within a required bufferyard, extending the residential prohibition to community-level walls and not just individual lot fences.

Community appearance is also a factor in the maintenance rules that follow these material standards: fences and walls must be finished and maintained in good condition, and shadowbox and stockade fences must face their finished side outward toward the abutting property or right-of-way.