No fence permit is required in the unincorporated areas of Santa Rosa County. Fences must still comply with the Land Development Code height, location and material limits. The cities of Milton, Gulf Breeze and Jay have separate permitting.
The county's Planning and Zoning Department states that no permit is necessary to build a residential fence in the unincorporated county, but the fence must still satisfy LDC section 5.02.02 (height, intersection visibility, materials). Walls that retain fill or resist lateral loads may need a building permit and engineered design under LDC 5.02.02.A.9. On vacant residential lots, docks, piers, seawalls and non-opaque fences still require a building permit, zoning review and state permits. Inside Milton, Gulf Breeze or Jay, obtain permits from that city.
Building a fence that violates the LDC's height, material or visibility rules can trigger a code-enforcement case; the Board may order correction and impose per-day fines until compliance.
Other ordinances people look up for this city. Green dot = verified primary-source excerpt.
Santa Rosa County, FL
Backyard composting of yard and food scraps is allowed in Santa Rosa County with no permit for home-scale piles. Keep compost contained and free of odor and ...
Santa Rosa County, FL
Santa Rosa County has no ordinance banning residential artificial turf, and it is not counted as required landscaping. The county's landscape code favors nat...
Santa Rosa County, FL
New development in Santa Rosa County must use native, Florida-Friendly species and may not plant invasive exotics. Existing single-family and duplex homes ar...
Santa Rosa County, FL
Rain barrels and rainwater harvesting are legal and encouraged in Santa Rosa County. Florida places no state restriction on collecting rainwater for irrigati...
Santa Rosa County, FL
Santa Rosa County lies in the Northwest Florida Water Management District, which imposes NO day-of-week landscape-irrigation limits. Everyday lawn watering i...
Santa Rosa County, FL
Santa Rosa County Code Enforcement does not investigate vegetative overgrowth — grass, limbs, or woods — on private property. There is no active county weed-...
See how Santa Rosa County's permit requirements rules stack up against other locations.
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.