Rancho Cucamonga, CA Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

040 governs the materials allowed for any fence, wall, or screen erected in Rancho Cucamonga. For residential lots, screening or privacy fences and gates must be built from solid wood with steel frames, solid vinyl, tubular steel, or wrought iron; wrought iron and other open tubular steel must be backed with solid or perforated metal sheeting painted to match the fence or gate, and new residential developments must use decorative block walls rather than open fencing. The code flatly bans chain-link fencing and gates for screening purposes in every zone in the city, including the Industrial Zones, and the ban extends to chain-link dressed up with wood or plastic slats, a solid plastic sheet, or knitted fabric wind screening; the planning director or planning commission may approve an alternative material only through a discretionary entitlement.

040(C) requires that every fence, wall, and screen be continuously maintained in orderly, good condition at no more than its permitted maximum height. 030 height and location standards, and fences required by another law or regulation, including temporary construction fencing. Height is measured from finished grade at the fence base to its uppermost point, except on parcels with a grade difference between neighbors, where height is measured from the midpoint of the lower side's finish grade.