Gallatin requires a Fence Plan and permit from the Planning Department for any fence four feet or taller, and a building permit on top of that at seven feet. Shorter fences are exempt, and other Sumner cities issue their own permits.
Gallatin is stricter than most on paperwork: any fence four feet or higher needs a Fence Plan and permit approved by the Planning Department, and a fence seven feet or taller also needs a building permit. Hendersonville and the other Sumner cities issue their own fence permits, and unincorporated county land is lighter-touch. Everywhere, check your plat for utility and drainage easements before building, since a fence cannot obstruct them, and call Tennessee 811 to have buried lines marked before digging post holes. Tennessee's frost line is shallow; set posts about twenty-four to thirty inches deep to keep them from heaving.
Building a fence that needed a permit without one brings a stop-work order and a correction notice, and you may have to obtain the permit after the fact or remove the fence.
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