Titusville, FL Fence Regulations: Retaining Walls (2026)

This retaining-wall rule is narrower than a citywide standard: it applies only within the 'shoreline protection setback,' the area measured from the mean annual flood line across the full lot width to the principal building line along Class II and Class III surface waters, as defined in Section 30-64(a) and mapped through the Shoreline Protection Setbacks Table at Section 30-63(c). Inside that setback, Section 30-64(c) groups retaining walls with bulkheads and revetments for licensing purposes: any shoreline project involving bulkheads, revetments, or retaining walls must be implemented by a marine contractor licensed in the State of Florida, or by a person recognized by the Administrator as qualified in construction in the marine environment, and a property owner or builder may instead self-perform provided the project is designed, signed and sealed by a professional engineer registered in Florida.

A City of Titusville Surface Water permit is required under Section 30-64(a)(1)f before work begins, along with all applicable St. Johns River Water Management District and Florida Department of Environmental Protection approvals. The provision sits inside Division 4, Shoreline Protection, which Ordinance No. 18-2018 retitled from 'Riparian buffer' to 'Shoreline protection' in 2018. Retaining walls built landward of the shoreline protection setback, away from Class II/III waters, are not reached by Section 30-64 and instead fall under the general grading and land-alteration permit in Section 30-21.