Brooklyn Park, MN Fence Regulations: Fence Permit Requirements (2026)

1010(A)(3) treats access differently depending on the property type. A detached single-family or two-family dwelling only has to provide at least one gate at least two feet, six inches wide where a fence connects to the building, so people can get around it; no outside agency has to sign off on that plan. Every other use, which covers multi-family developments, commercial and industrial sites, and institutional properties, must submit its fence and gate plans to the Police and Fire Departments for approval before construction begins, since those departments need to confirm the layout will not block emergency access around the building.

1010(C), which governs nonresidential and mixed-use fences and retaining walls specifically, layers on a second checkpoint: the City Manager must approve the fence or gate plan before a building permit is issued, or before approval is given through whatever other process the project is following, and the same two-foot, six-inch access gate requirement applies wherever a fence connects to a building. Because the review sits with Police, Fire, and the City Manager rather than a stand-alone fence permit, an applicant for a commercial or multi-family fence effectively clears three separate checks (access width, public-safety plan approval, and City Manager sign-off) that a homeowner installing a backyard fence around a house never encounters.