Pico Rivera's Zoning Code sets shared height limits (6 feet behind the front-yard setback), but responsibility for a division fence between neighbors is governed primarily by California Civil Code Section 841, which presumes adjoining owners share equally in the reasonable cost of a boundary fence.
Pico Rivera regulates the height and placement of fences along shared property lines through the Title 18 Zoning Code (PRMC 18.42.050, Note 32), which allows a 6-foot fence, hedge, or wall behind the required front-yard setback anywhere on the lot, including interior side and rear boundaries. Cost-sharing and maintenance of a fence dividing two properties are set not by city ordinance but by California's statewide good-neighbor fence law, Civil Code Section 841, which presumes adjoining owners benefit equally and share the reasonable cost; an owner seeking contribution must give 30 days' written notice. New subdivisions may carry added perimeter-wall requirements. Boundary and encroachment disputes are civil matters between owners, while the city enforces only the zoning height and setback standards.
The city enforces fence height and setback limits along shared lines; cost-sharing and encroachment disputes are civil matters resolved between neighbors under state law, not by code enforcement.
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