Lancaster County has no boundary-fence law. Placement rules come from your municipality. Manheim Township requires that fences sit completely within your lot and that no fence coincide with a lot line — so you cannot straddle the property boundary. Verify your township's setback rules.
Pennsylvania counties set no neighbor or partition-fence rules for residential fences; that is municipal zoning under MPC §603. Manheim Township directs that “all fences shall be located completely within lot boundaries and no fence may coincide with any lot line,” and that fences along side or rear lot lines are not subject to yard setbacks. Fences in the front yard must sit at least 2 feet behind the required right-of-way line. Disputes over an existing boundary fence or a shared partition fence are governed by Pennsylvania's civil common law and the Partition Fence Act, not by the county.
A misplaced or encroaching fence is a municipal zoning violation (removal order plus fines) and may also expose the owner to a private trespass or encroachment claim by the neighbor.
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