Aiken County, SC Fence Regulations: Neighbor Fence Rules (2026)

2(6) sets a direct neighbor-facing standard: all fences and walls erected on any property must have a finished side that faces the adjoining property, and the interior side of the fence or wall may be finished as the applicant or owner deems appropriate. That means the side with exposed posts, rails, or bracing has to face the fence owner's own lot, while the neighbor gets the smoother or more finished face regardless of who paid for or built the fence. The same subsection also controls where a voluntary fence sits relative to a required landscape buffer: when an owner chooses to add a fence or wall that a bufferyard requirement does not otherwise mandate, it has to go along the inside line of the bufferyard, toward the owner's own use, rather than out at the property line.

5 standards. The rule applies to every fence and wall in the county, not just those in commercial bufferyards, so a homeowner installing a shadowbox or privacy fence along a shared boundary has to orient the finished face outward toward the neighbor.