East Brunswick, NJ Fence Regulations: Fence Permit Requirements (2026)

Section 228-226A of the East Brunswick Township Code requires a fence permit for all fences erected in the Township, except living fences. The permit is issued by the Zoning Officer or his or her designee. The code prints the requirement as amended 12-12-2022 by Ord. No. 22-29, and it applies to every zone, not only residential ones.

The permit application is where the rest of § 228-226 gets checked. Subsection K requires the adjacent property owner's approval, submitted in writing with the application, before a fence can be erected on the property line. Subsection B caps a fence at six (6') feet except on industrially zoned properties. Subsection C limits a residential front yard fence to less than fifty percent solid and no greater than four feet, with a planted buffer in specific cases and a six foot allowance in one front yard of a residential corner lot. Subsection I allows eight (8) feet in the P-I and I/M zones. Subsection J sends fences required around a swimming pool to § 195-12 of the Township Code, and subsection L prohibits all fences in Planned Unit Residential Developments except in accordance with the standards set at P.U.R.D. preliminary approval under § 228-118.7.

Living fences skip the permit but still follow subsection G, which requires them to be planted no closer than three feet to the property line and kept neatly trimmed. Corner lots also answer to § 228-223, which keeps anything over two and one-half (2 1/2) feet above street grade out of the sight triangle measured at twenty five (25) feet from the corner. The Zoning Officer enforces Chapter 228 under § 228-265.