Rohnert Park, CA Fence Regulations: Fence Permit Requirements (2026)

020(A) states that fences and walls greater than six feet in height require the approval of the building department, and that masonry walls of any height also require a building permit, meaning a low masonry wall well under six feet still triggers the permit requirement that a wood or wire fence of the same height would not. 030(B) reinforces this for a specific case: where a residential lot abuts a commercial, industrial or multi-family residential property, the required buffer wall must be masonry construction, architecturally treated on each side, with its design approved by the planning and community development director, the planning commission, or the city council at the time of project review, and the section restates that all masonry walls require a building permit.

030 apply together, a property owner planning a wall needs to check both height and material: a wood fence at or under six feet needs no building permit, but a masonry wall of any height, and any fence or wall over six feet in any material, does.