Port Orange, FL Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

Land Development Code Chapter 16, Section 3(b)(1) lists the city's fence and wall restrictions. Subsection (a) makes the residential rule absolute: "No barbed wire, razor wire or similar material shall be allowed for residential uses," with no height exception and no distinction between front, side, or rear placement, so a homeowner cannot legally top a fence with wire strands at any height. Subsection (b) gives commercial and industrial properties a narrower path: barbed wire, razor wire, or similar material is prohibited for those uses too, except when installed at an eight-foot height or greater, effectively pushing any wire above head height and typically above the fence's main panel line where it functions as a top-of-fence security deterrent rather than a ground-level hazard.

Both restrictions sit inside the broader Section 3 framework requiring every fence and wall in the city to be built in compliance with applicable building codes and the chapter's dimensional and use standards, including the height and location rules that separately govern how tall a fence can be and how close it can sit to a property line or right-of-way. Because the restriction applies citywide rather than by zoning district, a residential parcel zoned for agriculture or a large-lot rural residential use gets no carve-out for livestock-style barbed wire fencing under this section.