The Greenville County Zoning Ordinance sets no restrictions on residential fence materials (wood, vinyl, chain-link, masonry). Where screening or buffering is required, the code specifies an opaque wall, fence, berm, or evergreen material instead.
For ordinary residential fences, Greenville County zoning does not prohibit or mandate particular materials, colors, or opacity. The code addresses materials only in screening and buffer contexts: required buffers and vehicle-storage screening must be an opaque wall, fence, or evergreen plant material, and pool side-yard screens must reach 6 feet in wall, fence, berm, or evergreen form. Berms used as screening must have a side slope no steeper than 3:1. Outside those specific screening rules, homeowners in the unincorporated county choose their own fence materials. Cities may impose additional material rules within their limits.
Using a non-conforming material where opaque screening or a buffer is required violates the Zoning Ordinance; misdemeanor penalties apply under Sec. 13:3.
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