Salt Lake County, UT Fence Regulations: Fence Permit Requirements (2026)

The site plan requirement is the gateway for all fencing on FCOZ property. 100 says no fence may be constructed or installed unless shown on an approved site plan, so the drawing and the approval come before the posts go in, and there is no as-built exemption for fencing installed without one. Once a fence is on the plan, the rest of the section controls what it can be. Outside a site's designated limits of disturbance, no fence may exceed forty-two inches in height unless the county itself requires taller fencing, with fenced corrals for horses or other animals given as the example.

Fences in front yards and along roadways are capped at forty-two inches. In identified wildlife corridors, fences are strongly discouraged and in no case may exceed forty-two inches. Every fence must also conform to the design standards of the section, and all fences remain subject to the intersecting streets and clear visibility restrictions found elsewhere in the county's zoning title. The requirement applies to property within the mapped FCOZ boundary in the county's unincorporated foothill and canyon areas, not countywide. It entered the code through Ordinance 1808, adopted March 14, 2017.