Colorado Springs, CO Fence Regulations: Neighbor Fence Rules (2026)

Colorado Springs City Code Chapter 7 (UDC) Section 7.4.910 regulates fence location, height, materials, and sight lines, but does not address private cost-sharing or 'good neighbor' obligations between adjoining residential owners. There is no Colorado Springs-specific ordinance directly addressing boundary-fence cost allocation; the Colorado state default applies. Under the Colorado Fence Law, C.R.S. 35-46-112 (Partition fences), where agricultural or grazing lands of two or more persons adjoin, each owner is generally responsible for one-half of the line (partition) fence built as a lawful fence under C.R.S. 35-46-101, and an owner who connects to a neighbor's previously erected lawful fence on the line must pay one-half of its cash value. By its terms this partition-fence cost-sharing applies to agricultural and grazing land and does not impose a statewide cost-sharing duty on ordinary residential subdivision lots; Colorado has no general 'good neighbor fence act' for residential parcels, so residential boundary-fence cost disputes are private civil matters. Within the city, owners remain bound by UDC 7.4.910 height, material, and sight-line standards on whatever side of the lot the fence sits, and owners are responsible for locating their own property lines before building.