Okaloosa County, FL Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

Land Development Code § 2.21.05.4 sets the baseline fence rule for accessory structures: fences "must be constructed using customary fencing materials such as wood, metal, wire, or masonry," and may be built along or within any property line. Inside that baseline rule sits a flat residential ban: "Use of barbed wire, razor wire, or chicken wire is prohibited in residential districts." The prohibition applies countywide to any lot zoned residential (R-1, R-2, R-3, SR), regardless of whether the fence encloses a yard, garden, or animal pen, and it does not carry an exception for agricultural-style fencing once the parcel sits in a residential district.

The code also flags that certain uses answer to state fencing statutes instead of, or on top of, the county's material rule: game preserves fall under § 379.302, Florida Statutes; open pits under § 768.10; waste disposal sites under Rule 62-701, Florida Administrative Code; junkyards under § 339.241, Florida Statutes; swimming pool enclosures under Chapter 515; and livestock fences under Chapter 588. A property owner fencing a junkyard or a pool, for example, has to satisfy the state's specific material and height standard in addition to the county's "customary materials" language. No fence of any material may cross a public right-of-way or easement without permission from the agency that holds jurisdiction over it, per § 2.21.05.4(e).