Jefferson Parish, LA Fence Regulations: Fence Permit Requirements (2026)

Sec. 4, Fences-Permit required, sets the parish's baseline: any person, authorized agent, or contractor who wants to construct, alter, repair, move, or remove any fence has to apply to the Code Official and obtain a permit first, with no minimum height carved out of that requirement. The application has to come with a current property boundary survey showing the existing improvements on the lot, which lets the Code Official confirm the fence sits where the applicant says it does relative to lot lines and any required setback.

Height triggers a heavier submittal: once a fence design exceeds eight feet, the applicant needs two complete sets of plans, or one live-stamped digital set, bearing the seal of a licensed design professional. The Code Official can waive that stamped-plan requirement for fences of an open design, recognizing that a chain-link or picket fence poses less structural risk than a solid wall of the same height. The neighboring section, Sec. 2, explains when a fence becomes mandatory rather than optional: the parish requires fencing to protect excavations, construction, and demolition sites under Chapter 33's safeguards-during-construction rules, around swimming pools under the International Building Code, and wherever chapter 33 or chapter 40 of the parish's own code separately calls for one.

In other words, some Jefferson Parish property owners do not have a choice about whether to fence at all, only about how they meet the permit and design requirements once a fence is required or chosen. Because both sections sit in the same fences division of the building code, a single permit application typically has to satisfy the survey, height-plan, and any use-specific fencing mandate together before the Department of Building Permits issues the permit.