Montgomery County sets no fence-facing or shared-fence rule. Your municipality's zoning code handles the 'good side out' and setback questions; Pennsylvania's Partition Fence Act covers shared boundary fences between adjoining owners.
The county has no ordinance on which way a fence faces or how neighbors share a boundary fence. Local rules come from your borough or township zoning code adopted under the PA Municipalities Planning Code; many Montgomery County townships require the finished side of a fence to face the neighbor. Cost-sharing for a true division (partition) fence between two properties is a matter of Pennsylvania's Partition Fence Act and general property law, not a county rule. Disputes over an exact property line are civil matters resolved by survey and, if needed, the county Court of Common Pleas, but the county passes no fence ordinance.
A fence facing the wrong way or over the line is enforced by the municipality (zoning violation) or resolved between neighbors civilly. There is no county fine for neighbor fence disputes.
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