Satellite Beach, FL Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

Section 30-518, titled "Dangerous fences," is a flat citywide ban: barbed-wire fences, electric fences, and fences fitted with broken glass, spikes, or other sharp points that may cause injury are prohibited everywhere in the City of Satellite Beach, with no zoning-district exception carved out. A second, geography-specific material rule applies on the barrier-island side of town: Section 30-516(d) requires that all fences located east of Highway A1A be built of plastic-coated chainlink, ultraviolet-resistant polyvinyl chloride (PVC), or aluminum, and caps opaque surface area on those fences at 30 percent of any vertical surface per running foot.

Masonry walls are treated separately under Section 30-516(c): they are permitted as fencing citywide, but except for decorative masonry block, every masonry wall must carry a painted stucco finish, brick veneer, or other painted masonry surface on both sides, so bare or unfinished concrete block is not an approved wall finish. A fence adjacent to a street must also have its posts and stringers facing the interior of the fenced property under Section 30-516(e), which functions as a presentation standard rather than a material ban but governs how the same materials must be installed.

Together these sections mean a property owner cannot install wood-and-wire farm-style fencing with barbs anywhere in the city, and an owner on the ocean side of A1A is further restricted to the three listed material types regardless of whether barbs are involved.