Palm Springs, CA Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

00(C), "Prohibited Materials," draws two separate lines. First, barbed wire and razor wire are flatly prohibited on private property, with only two carve-outs: use by a governmental or quasi-governmental agency, or a specific approval from the Planning Commission. There is no residential exception written into the section, so a homeowner cannot top a rear yard fence with barbed wire without commission approval, unlike jurisdictions that allow it above a minimum fence height. Second, and separately, chain-link fencing is barred from front yards and side front yards on any property, again unless the fence belongs to a governmental or quasi-governmental agency or has been approved elsewhere in the code.

00(E) still applies. The two restrictions work together as a streetscape rule, keeping the yards visible from the sidewalk free of both wire that reads as institutional or hazardous and the utilitarian look of chain-link, while leaving side and rear yards, which are less visible from the public right-of-way, to the ordinary height and setback standards.