Chandler, AZ Fence Regulations: Fence Permit Requirements (2026)

Section 35-2204(8)(b) allows nonresidential side and rear fences up to eight feet, but paragraph 2 adds a structural check once a wall or fence made of fence block exceeds six feet: it cannot be built without sufficient reinforcement to prevent toppling, and the reinforcement method itself is subject to approval by the City of Chandler Building Division. This is narrower than a general 'fence permit' requirement, it is triggered specifically by fence-block construction over six feet in a nonresidential district, tying the zoning height allowance to a building-safety review rather than leaving a tall block wall to be built on the strength of the height limit alone.

The same Article XXII framework separately requires Building Division sign-off elsewhere in the accessory-structure rules, for example on the means of reinforcement for masonry walls that double as swimming-pool barriers under Section 35-2205. Reading the two together, Chandler's practice is to fold reinforcement and structural-safety review into the Building Division's plan-approval process rather than issue a stand-alone 'fence permit,' so an applicant planning a tall nonresidential block wall should expect a plan submittal covering the reinforcement design, not just a zoning height check.