Vallejo, CA Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

E governs fence materials citywide. 1 permits fences built of wood, metal, masonry, or other materials designed specifically for permanent fencing, and requires chain link, where allowed, to be vinyl-clad or vinyl-coated. 2, the hazardous-materials clause, is the operative ban: except in the RR zoning district, no fence may incorporate electrically charged wire, barbed wire, razor wire, chain link outside what the chapter separately permits, unfinished plywood or similar unfinished materials, woven wire mesh (chicken wire), welded wire mesh, woven wire (hog wire), rope, cable, railroad ties, landscape timbers, utility poles, or any other material not manufactured specifically for permanent fencing.

Plywood and composite panels are barred unless the director finds the material appropriate to a building's architectural design. a: where a non-residential use sits inside a residential zoning district, the code requires an 8-foot wall or fence along the rear or side property line separating it from residential neighbors, and it allows razor wire or barbed wire on that specific fence if the wire cannot be seen from the street. That is the only place in the residential-adjacent context where barbed or razor wire is legal outside the RR district. 608 regardless of material used.