Stonecrest, GA Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

Section 5.4.7(D) of the Stonecrest Zoning Ordinance, Material composition, applies two layers of material restriction to fences and walls. Subsection D.1 is a citywide, all-yard ban: 'No freestanding walls, retaining walls or fences may be composed of exposed common concrete block, tires, junk, pallets, railroad ties, loose stone, vinyl and other discarded materials.' That ban applies to every yard on every lot, not just front yards, and covers retaining walls as well as fences. Subsection D.2 layers a second, front-yard-specific rule on top of it: outside the M and M-2 industrial districts, any fence, freestanding wall or retaining wall erected within the front yard must be built of brick, stone, wood, wrought iron, or aluminum that looks like wrought iron, and 'any other material, including, but not limited to, chain link and other wire fences are prohibited in the front yards of all districts,' again with the M and M-2 exception.

A side or rear yard fence is not held to that approved-materials list, only to the citywide ban on concrete block, tires, junk, pallets, railroad ties, loose stone and vinyl. Subsection G confirms that fences and walls in the M and M-2 districts are exempt from these material rules entirely, matching their exemption from the height limits in subsection B. The rule is enforced by the Planning and Zoning/Community Development Department at the building permit stage, since subsection A.1 requires any required fence to be completed before a certificate of occupancy is issued for the principal structure.