Fence Regulations in California (2026)

Los Angeles caps front-yard fences, walls and hedges at the height set for each residential zone, but LAMC Sec. 12.24…

In unincorporated Shasta County, fences, walls and hedges are limited to 3 feet within a required front yard or the…

Alameda caps residential barriers at three feet in the front yard and six feet in side and rear yards, drops that to…

Unincorporated Alameda County caps fence, wall and hedge height by location, two feet near a corner-lot intersection…

Alhambra caps fences, walls, and dense hedges at 3 feet in a front yard or within 5 feet of a street side property…

Anaheim caps fences, walls and hedges at 3 feet in any required front yard, and applies that same 3-foot limit to the…

Antioch caps fences in the required front yard at 36 inches, allows up to 6 feet on interior side and rear lines in…

Apple Valley limits fences and walls in residential districts to six feet outside the front yard, drops that to 48…

Bakersfield caps fences, walls, and hedges at six feet in required side and rear yards and four feet in the required…

Bellflower caps fences at 42 inches in front yards (48 inches if the top is transparent) and 6 feet in side and rear…

Berkeley zoning sets 6 feet as the ceiling for a no-permit fence citywide, dropping to 4 feet in the ES-R hillside…

Bostonia is unincorporated San Diego County, so the County Zoning Ordinance sets fence heights: 42 inches max in a…

Brentwood residential fences top out at 7 feet along side and rear lines, drop to 42 inches in the front yard, and…

Buena Park caps residential fences at 7 feet under Table 19.328.020, with 6 feet in the front yard behind a 20-foot…

In Burbank's single-family R-1 zone, fences and walls are limited to 4 feet within the front-yard setback (6 feet for…

In unincorporated Butte County, residential fences and walls are capped at 42 inches within the front and street-side…

Calaveras County caps fence, wall, and hedge height inside sight-triangle zones at corner lots and driveway entrances…

Camarillo limits fences and walls to six feet along side and rear lot lines and three feet in any front yard under…

Carlsbad caps fences, walls and hedges at 42 inches in any required front yard setback in residential zones and at 6…

In Carson's RA, RS, and RM residential zones, a fence, wall, or hedge can't exceed six feet above finished grade…

Alameda County Code §17.52.430 limits residential fences in Castro Valley to 4 feet in the required front yard, 6 feet…

Ceres caps solid fences at 3 feet in front and street-side yards, but backyard and side fences can run up to 7 feet: 8…

Where multi-family, commercial, or manufacturing property in Chico adjoins a residential zone, the code requires a…

Chino limits front-yard fences to 3 feet (4 feet if light-permeable) and bans sight-blocking walls or landscaping over…

Chino Hills caps a fence, wall, or hedge in a single-family front yard at four feet under CHMC § 16.06.120(A), rising…

Chula Vista caps fences and walls at three and a half feet by right anywhere on a lot, six feet behind the front and…

Clovis caps fence, wall, and hedge height by location: 3 feet in front and street-side yards for solid materials (7…

Compton's Table 30-44.A sets exact fence heights by zone and yard rather than one citywide number. Residential front…

In unincorporated Contra Costa County, fences may be built up to 7 feet tall without a building permit. Anything…

Corona caps side and rear yard fences at seven feet under Corona Code of Ordinances § 17.70.060(A), with entry and…

Costa Mesa caps fences and walls at three and a half feet within five feet of a corner lot's street side property line…

Cupertino caps most residential fences at 7 feet in the rear and interior side yards and 3 feet within the front-yard…

Daly City caps fences at 6 feet on residential parcels and 3 feet in any required front yard or within 35 feet of the…

Davis caps fences, walls and hedges at seven feet behind the required front yard setback, four feet if placed forward…

Delano Development Code §20.10.90.1 limits residential front-yard and street-side-yard fences to 40 inches tall…

Residential fences in Downey top out at 42 inches in front and street-side setbacks, dropping to 30 inches within the…

Dublin's zoning code caps residential and agricultural fences, walls, and hedges at 4 feet in the front yard, 6 feet in…

Eastvale caps residential fence height by location under Table 5.3-1 of the zoning code: 4 feet in the required front…

El Cajon limits fences, walls and hedges to 42 inches anywhere on a lot, rising to six feet behind the required front…

El Dorado County caps solid front-yard fences at 40 inches and open fences at seven feet, and bars anything over 40…

El Monte's zoning code sets a sliding scale of fence and wall heights by yard location. Front and street-side yards cap…

Elk Grove limits fences to 3 feet in a required front yard, generally 7 feet in interior side and rear yards, and 10…

Escondido's Zoning Code caps residential fences at three feet in front and street-side setbacks, six feet in interior…

Fairfield caps residential fences at 42 inches within 15 feet of the front property line and allows 7 feet beyond that…

Folsom caps fences in residential "R" districts at six feet in side and rear yards and three and a half feet in front…

Fremont caps fences and hedges at 8 feet in required side and rear yards and 48 inches in front yards under FMC…

Fresno limits fences in the required front yard to 3 feet (4 feet if 80% open wrought iron/tubular steel), allows up to…

Fresno County limits fence height by zone and yard under Zoning Ordinance Section 822.3.050. Urban residential zones…

Fullerton Municipal Code 15.17.050 caps fences and walls in the front yard setback at 36 inches and along side and rear…

Garden Grove caps fences at 36 inches anywhere on an R-zoned lot and allows up to seven feet behind the required front…

Glendale limits residential fences and walls to three feet by right in the ROS, R1R and R1 zones; anything taller needs…

In unincorporated Glenn County, fences, walls and hedges can rise to six feet, but a fence in a required front yard, or…

Hanford caps residential fences at 3 feet along front lot lines and 7 feet along rear and side lines, bars fences over…

Hawthorne caps residential fences at six feet, up to ten feet away from the front yard with a police-recommended…

Hayward's zoning code caps fences at 4 feet in a required front or side street yard, or 8 feet along rear and interior…

Hemet caps front-yard fences at 42 inches for sidewalk visibility, allows 72-inch combination fences, and requires…

Hercules caps fences, walls and hedges at 6 feet in required rear and side yards and 3 feet in front yards and within…

Hesperia limits front-yard fences to 36 inches when view-obscuring, though non-view-obscuring ornamental…

In unincorporated Humboldt County residential zones (RS, R-1, R-2), solid fences within the front-yard setback are…

Huntington Beach caps fences and walls at 42 inches in any front yard, 8 feet in side and rear yards, and enforces a…

In Imperial County's residential and residential-agricultural zones, front-yard fencing is capped at 30 inches if solid…

Indio caps fences at three feet in front setbacks (four with 50% openness), six feet on side and rear setbacks (seven…

Inglewood caps residential front-yard fences at 4 feet, rising to 5 feet if the open portion above 2 feet is ornamental…

Irvine caps residential front-yard fences at 2.5 feet, rising to 7 feet with setback, and limits corner-lot sight…

Residential fences and walls in Jurupa Valley are capped at six feet. Within a required front yard or street-side…

In Kern County's Estate (E) and Residential (R-1, R-2, R-3) zones, fences in the required front yard cannot exceed 4…

Kings County caps solid residential fences at 7 feet if set back 10 feet from the front property line, but limits any…

Unincorporated Lake County caps front-yard fences at four feet and side or rear yard fences at six feet under the…

Lake Forest lets walls and fences up to six feet tall go up without a building permit; taller fences, or shorter ones…

Lakewood caps a residential fence, wall, or hedge at 7 feet 6 inches in the rear yard and side yards that don't touch…

Lancaster caps residential fences at 4 feet within the front yard setback or a corner lot's street-side setback, and at…

Lodi caps fences, walls, and hedges at forty-eight inches in a front yard setback, seven feet at a side or rear lot…

Long Beach caps residential front-yard fences at 3 feet and side/rear ("other") yard fences at 6 feet 6 inches, rising…

The Altadena Community Standards District limits front-yard fences to 42 inches within 10 feet of the right-of-way…

Los Banos lets fences and walls up to three feet stand anywhere on a residential lot, but anything taller must meet the…

Madera Code §10-3.506 caps fence height at 3 feet in any front or street-side yard setback and 6 feet in rear/interior…

In unincorporated Madera County, fences, walls and hedges at street and driveway intersections can't exceed three feet…

Manteca caps front-yard fences at 3½ feet (4 feet if open/transparent), interior side and rear fences at 7 feet, and…

In unincorporated Marin County, solid fences and screening walls cannot exceed 6 feet above grade. Within front yards…

Fences and hedges that block the view in unincorporated Mendocino County top out at 3½ feet in a required front yard…

Menifee Development Code Chapter 9.185 limits fences in residential and agricultural zones to 36 inches within the…

Merced caps fences, walls and hedges at 4 feet in required exterior yards and 7 feet everywhere else on residential…

Fences and walls in Merced County residential zones are capped at 4 feet within the first 15 feet of the front setback…

Mission Viejo caps residential fences, walls, and hedges at six feet on most of a parcel but drops that to 42 inches in…

Modesto Municipal Code section 10-4.406 caps walls and fences at 8 feet in height citywide. Within the front yard and…

Fences and walls in Monterey's R-E Residential Estate District top out at six feet, dropping to four feet in a required…

In unincorporated Monterey County, the Building & Planning Services FAQ states a fence generally may not exceed six…

Moorpark caps residential fences and walls at six feet, allows six-foot interior side and rear fences, and limits…

Moreno Valley caps residential fences at three feet in front yards (six feet if built open-style) and six feet along…

Mountain View caps fences in R1 and R2 residential zones at three feet in the front yard and six feet on rear and side…

Table 3-3 in Murrieta's Development Code, Section 16.22.030, caps fence and wall height at six feet in rear and side…

In AP, AW, RS, RM and PD zones, solid fences may be up to 4 ft in the front yard setback and up to 6 ft in side and…

In unincorporated Nevada County, California, Section 12.04.106 of the County Code (formerly Land Use & Development…

Newport Beach limits fences, hedges, and walls to 42 inches in front setback areas and 6 feet in rear and interior side…

Norwalk caps a solid wall, fence or hedge at six feet anywhere on a lot under Municipal Code Section 17.03.300(A), but…

Oakland's Building Code amendment at § 15.04.2.214 sets the fence heights that stay building-permit-exempt: masonry or…

Oceanside limits fences and walls, including retaining walls, to 6 feet under Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Section…

In Ontario residential zones, walls and fences within a front yard may not exceed 3 feet, while interior side, rear…

Orange caps residential front-yard fences at 3.5 feet and side/rear yard fences at six feet from the high side of…

In unincorporated Orange County, fences are capped at 3.5 feet in front setbacks, 6 feet elsewhere, and 3.5 feet in…

Oxnard splits fence height rules by yard location: front yards cap solid fences at 18 inches and open fences at 42…

Pacifica Municipal Code Section 9-4.2503 caps fences, hedges, walls and screen plantings at six feet in the side yard…

Palm Springs caps walls and fences at six feet in side and rear yards and four and a half feet in front and side front…

Palmdale caps sight-obscuring fences and walls at 3 feet within a required front setback (5 feet if open-view), rising…

Pasadena caps fence and wall height by location on the lot: six feet in interior side and rear setbacks, four feet in…

In Perris, California residential zones, fences and hedges up to 3 feet may stand anywhere on a lot; front-yard fences…

Petaluma caps fences and walls at 42 inches within a required front or street-side setback, and at 6 feet solid (plus 2…

In unincorporated Placer County, fences in the front setback are limited to 3 feet, with open-style fencing allowed up…

Pleasanton caps solid front-yard fences, walls and hedges at 30 inches in most residential districts, though open…

Pomona caps side and rear yard fences at 6 feet under Zoning and Development Code Sec. 620.E.3.b's Fence Type VI…

Rancho Cordova caps front-yard fences at three feet and rear, interior-side and street-side yard fences at seven feet…

Table 17.48.050-1 caps residential fences at 3 feet in the front yard (6 feet if the top 3 feet is 90 percent open), 6…

Redding limits residential fences to three feet in a required front yard or within ten feet of a street-side property…

Redlands caps solid fences at three feet in a required front yard, four feet for open wire-mesh fencing there, and six…

Redondo Beach caps fences, hedges, and walls at 42 inches in any required front setback and six feet in a required rear…

Redwood City caps fence height by yard: three feet for solid fences in the required front yard (five feet if combined…

Rialto caps fences, hedges, and walls at six feet in required side and rear yards. In the required front yard setback…

Richmond limits residential fences to 4 feet in front yards, 6 feet in side and rear yards, and 3 feet 6 inches in…

Ridgecrest caps side and rear yard fences at seven feet, tapers front-yard fencing down to three feet six inches near…

Riverside caps residential fence height under RMC §19.550.030: front-yard fences top out at four feet in most zones…

Riverside County prohibits building fences out of garage doors, tires, pallets, or similar salvaged materials anywhere…

Rohnert Park caps residential fences at 3 feet in the front yard and 6 feet in side, rear and corner side yards, with…

Roseville caps residential fences and walls at seven feet, dropping to three feet inside a clear vision triangle, a…

Sacramento caps residential fences at 4 feet in front and street-side yards (6 feet for decorative wrought-iron), 6…

Front-yard fences in unincorporated Sacramento County top out at three to seven feet depending on style, while…

Salinas Zoning Code Section 37-50.090(d) caps residential fences, walls, and hedges at three feet in front yards and…

Fences and walls in unincorporated San Bernardino County top out at 4 feet in front and street-side setbacks, 6 feet on…

San Clemente restricts fences, walls and hedges in residential zones to 3 feet 6 inches in front yards and within 5…

San Diego's fence height caps depend on location: 3 feet in visibility triangle areas and along most front and…

In unincorporated San Diego County, Section 6708 of the County Zoning Ordinance limits solid fences and walls to 42…

San Francisco caps fences at 3 feet in the front setback, 6 feet in side and rear yards, and 10 feet only in the rear…

San Jose caps residential fences at three feet in the front setback and seven feet along rear and side lines under…

San Leandro caps fences, walls and hedges in residential districts at seven feet, dropping to three feet in any front…

In unincorporated San Luis Obispo County, required fencing and screening must be at least 6 feet tall. Fences generally…

San Marcos caps residential fence and wall height at 42 inches in front and street-side setbacks and 6 feet along…

In unincorporated San Mateo County, front-yard fences top out at 4 feet and side/rear fences at 6 feet, with a 4-foot…

San Rafael caps residential fences at four feet in front and street-side yards but allows up to seven feet in rear and…

San Ramon caps residential fences at 3 feet in a front setback and 7 feet along side or rear lines under Table 3-1 of…

Santa Ana caps residential fences and walls by location: front yard fences top out at 3 feet on most streets and 4 feet…

In residential zones, fences and walls within 10 feet of a front lot line are limited to 3.5 feet; screens and hedges…

In unincorporated Santa Barbara County, the Land Use & Development Code (Section 35.30.070) ties fence height to where…

Santa Clara caps fences, walls and hedges at 3 feet in the required front setback and in the street-side setback along…

Fences in unincorporated Santa Clara County's urban residential districts are capped at 3 feet within 20 feet of the…

Santa Clarita limits residential fences and garden walls to six feet along interior side and rear lot lines under UDC…

Santa Cruz limits fences to three feet six inches within the front and exterior side yard setbacks, six feet in the…

In unincorporated Santa Cruz County, SCCC 13.10.525 regulates fence and retaining-wall heights within required yards…

Santa Maria Municipal Code Chapter 12-27 limits fences to 3 feet immediately behind the public utility easement (front…

Front-yard fences, walls, and hedges are capped at 42 inches; side and rear fences and walls may be up to 8 feet, while…

In any residential (R) district of unincorporated Solano County, Section 28.93.A.3 limits fences behind the building…

City of Sonoma fences and walls max out at 7 feet in rear and interior side setbacks, but only 3.5 feet in front and…

Front-yard walls and fences in South Gate's residential zones are capped at 24 to 36 inches, while interior and…

In Stanislaus County's Rural Residential (R-A) district, Zoning Code Section 21.24.040(B) caps fences, hedges, and…

Stockton caps fences, walls and dense hedges at 3 feet in the required front and street-side setback, 8 feet elsewhere…

Sunnyvale measures fence height from the highest adjoining grade in rear and side yards not on a street, and from the…

In unincorporated Sutter County, the Zoning Code (Chapter 1500, Table 1500-06-2) limits fences and walls in the front…

In Tehama County's residential zoning districts, side and rear yard fences top out at six feet and front-yard fences or…

Temecula caps solid fences, hedges, and walls in a residential front setback at 3 feet, and allows 6-foot open-top…

In Thousand Oaks, fences, walls, and hedges along side or rear property lines can be up to 6 feet tall, but anything in…

In Tracy's residential zones, fences, walls, and hedges may not exceed eight feet on unrestricted parts of a lot, six…

Turlock caps fences and walls at seven feet citywide, but drops that to three feet for solid fencing (four feet for…

Union City limits residential fences to six feet in rear and interior side yards, three feet in front and street-side…

Upland caps fences and walls at 3.5 feet within the front and street-side setback in every zone, and at 6 feet…

Vacaville caps fences, walls, and dense hedges at three feet in any front setback and generally six feet in side or…

Vallejo caps residential fences at 3 feet in the required front yard and 6 feet in required side and rear yards, with a…

In the City of Ventura, a fence, wall, or dense landscaping serving as one is capped at three and one-half feet in a…

In unincorporated Ventura County, solid fences top out at 7 feet on most lots but drop to 3 feet in street setbacks and…

Victorville caps fences and walls at eight feet citywide under Sec. 16-3.24.080, measured from the lowest ground level…

Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 17.36 caps residential fences, walls, and hedges at 7 feet in height in side and rear…

Vista caps fences and walls inside a required front, side, or rear setback at 42 inches if the fence is solid or 60…

West Covina caps street-fronting fences at 6 feet, drops to 36 inches inside corner sight triangles, and allows up to 8…

West Sacramento caps residential fences at 3 feet in a required front setback (4 feet if the top foot is at least half…

Westminster caps side- and rear-yard fences at 6 feet in the R1 single-family zone and 8 feet everywhere else, while…

In unincorporated Yolo County, fences, walls, and hedges in Residential (R) zones cap out at seven feet, but the front…

One- and two-family homes in Yuba City are capped at a three-foot fence in the front yard or street side yard and six…

Unincorporated Yuba County allows privacy fences up to 8 feet in side and rear yards, set back 5 feet from the…

Sacramento County Zoning Code §5.2.5 limits solid front-yard fences in residential zones to 3 feet, semi-open picket…

Simi Valley Municipal Code Section 9-30.050 limits residential fences to roughly 42 inches in the front yard and 6 feet…

In unincorporated Sonoma County's residential and K districts, fences are limited to 3 feet in required front yards…

Santa Rosa Zoning Code Section 20-30.060 caps residential fences at 36 inches within the front-yard or exterior-side…

Any permanent or temporary fence on non-residential property that's visible from a public street or access easement…

Anaheim caps front-yard fences at 3 feet, but a single-family lot backing a major arterial with alley access can get a…

A standard 6-foot residential fence does not need a planning permit in Antioch. Fences over 6 feet (up to 8 feet) in…

A fence in unincorporated Lake County needs a discretionary minor use permit once it goes above the by-right height…

A Lancaster fence that would exceed the standard 4-foot front-yard or 6-foot side/rear-yard limit needs a director's…

Oxnard requires an encroachment permit before anyone builds a fence or wall within a city right-of-way or on city-owned…

A side or rear yard fence between six and eight feet tall in Pleasanton needs zoning administrator approval and a…

Sacramento requires an administrative permit before installing electrified fencing, limits it to M-1/M-2 industrial…

A fence over seven feet tall on an interior property line in unincorporated Sacramento County needs an approved…

To build a fence or hedge more than two feet above the standard height limit in unincorporated San Mateo County, owners…

Many fences in unincorporated Santa Barbara County are exempt from a planning permit when they stay within the heights…

The City of Ventura does not issue a standard building permit for most fences, but a fence or wall over 10 feet tall in…

West Sacramento does not set a standalone permit for ordinary fences, but an electric fence needs two separate city…

Unincorporated Alameda County lets masonry fences up to 5'9" and other fences up to 7 feet go up without a permit…

Apple Valley requires Planning Division review for any wall or fence, including retaining and perimeter walls, over…

Baldwin Park requires Zoning Clearance from the City Planner before building, installing or significantly modifying any…

Any permanent fence or wall in Bellflower needs Planning Division approval before installation, and fences taller than…

Berkeley lets fences up to 6 feet rise without a permit in most zoning districts, but anything taller on a lot line or…

A County building permit is not required for a fence or freestanding masonry wall up to 6 feet high that meets zoning…

Buena Park requires Planning Director approval of fence plans and design in single-family zones before construction…

Under the California Building Code (adopted by Burbank), fences not over 7 feet high are exempt from a building permit…

Carlsbad's Building Code exempts fences from a building permit only if they are 6 feet or less and are not a swimming…

Carson, California exempts most fences from a building permit: chain-link or wrought iron up to 12 feet, and masonry…

Ceres caps residential fences at 3-4 feet in front yards and 7-8 feet elsewhere, and requires a City encroachment…

Chico exempts fences 6 feet or under from a building permit, but zoning still caps residential fences at 3 feet in…

Chino exempts block walls and fences under three feet from a building permit; a fence that reaches three feet or taller…

Chino Hills exempts fences from a building permit only up to 6 feet in height, and only if built of material weighing…

Chula Vista exempts fences up to 72 inches and freestanding masonry walls up to 48 inches from a building permit, but a…

Clovis exempts most residential fences and walls from land use permits: Municipal Code Section 9.04.030(B)(2) allows up…

Compton doesn't require Architectural Review Board sign-off for every fence, but Section 30-44.3(d) mandates it for any…

Building permits are not required for fences up to 7 feet tall in unincorporated Contra Costa County. Taller fences…

A fence over three feet tall in Corona needs a building permit: Corona Code of Ordinances § 15.02.090 exempts only…

Costa Mesa exempts wood, steel, vinyl and iron fences up to six feet tall, and stucco, concrete or masonry fences up to…

Cupertino requires Design Review approval for fences on nearly every zoning district except single-family (R1)…

Daly City does not require a building permit to build a fence 6 feet tall or less. Permits come into play only for…

Downey requires a building permit before constructing most walls and fences under Municipal Code Section 8999.28(a)…

In Dublin, California (Alameda County), a residential fence up to 8 feet, or an open wire fence up to 16 feet, needs no…

Eastvale requires minor development review approval before building a fence or wall unless an exemption applies…

El Dorado County requires a building permit for any fence taller than seven feet under Section 130.30.070(I), reviewed…

Elk Grove does not require a standalone planning permit for a fence or wall that meets Chapter 23.52's standards, but a…

Fremont requires a building permit for any fence over 7 feet tall, any concrete or masonry wall over 4 feet, and any…

Fresno County lets property owners build fences up to 7 feet along interior side and rear lines in most zones without a…

Under Fullerton Municipal Code 14.04.050, masonry or concrete fences three feet or shorter and all other fences six…

Garden Grove's amended Building Code exempts only small fences from a building permit: masonry or concrete fences up to…

In Hanford, California, a masonry fence over 3 feet or any fence over 7 feet tall triggers a building-permit and…

Hawthorne requires a building permit before any fence or wall goes up in any zoning classification. The rule sits in…

Hayward's Zoning Ordinance caps yard fences at four feet along most front and side street yards, but Section…

Hemet's master fee schedule lists 'Fence' as its own building-permit fee category, separate from block walls…

Hercules does not require a permit for a standard fence within the 6-foot rear/side or 3-foot front yard limits, but…

Fences six feet or under do not need a Humboldt County building or zoning permit. A building permit from the Building…

Huntington Beach requires engineering calculations submitted to Building and Safety for any fence, wall, or wall…

Imperial County requires a construction permit for tall fences and retaining walls; a standard wood, chain-link or…

A Building Permit is required for new fences, walls, and screening in Indio under UDC § 3.02.10, unless the structure…

Any wall or fence over 4 feet tall in Inglewood needs a fence permit before construction, backed by a site plan and…

Irvine requires a building permit for any wall or fence over seven feet tall, and for community pool security fencing…

Any Jurupa Valley fence taller than three feet requires a building permit, regardless of material. Fences three feet or…

Per the California Building Code as adopted in Kern County Title 17, fences not over 7 feet high are exempt from…

In unincorporated Kings County, a fence, wall, or gate taller than seven feet counts as a structure, so it needs a…

In Lake Forest, California, a permit is required to build any wall or fence over six feet tall, any swimming pool…

Lakewood exempts most residential fences from a building permit: wire fencing up to twelve feet and any other fence up…

A fence built of wood, chain-link or similar material up to 7 feet tall needs no building permit in Long Beach…

In A and R zones, fences, walls, or gates up to 8 feet high may be placed in required front, side, or rear yards only…

Los Banos does not require a permit for a fence three feet or under, or for a taller fence built behind the required…

Most Manteca fences need no separate planning permit: only Zoning Conformance Approval when a building permit applies…

Fences up to 6 feet tall in unincorporated Marin County generally do not require a building permit if they comply with…

A fence over seven feet tall in unincorporated Mendocino County needs a building permit under the fence-height table's…

The City of Menifee allows fences up to 6 feet of common materials (chain link, wire, or wood) without a building…

Merced does not require a permit for a standard-height fence, but any fence taller than the base limit in Table…

Mission Viejo only exempts fences six feet or shorter from a building permit. Anything taller triggers plan review and…

Modesto follows the California Building Code permit exemption: fences 7 feet or less in height do not require a…

Monterey caps fences and walls at six feet citywide under Sec. 38-22(D)(10), dropping to four feet in a required front…

Per the Monterey County Building & Planning Services FAQ, a building permit is NOT required for concrete/masonry fences…

Moorpark exempts fences and walls under 6 feet and retaining walls under 3 feet from any building permit; taller fences…

Moreno Valley exempts fences up to six feet from a building permit, but taller fences and most masonry or block walls…

In Mountain View's R1 single-family zone, a fence needs no permit at all below set heights under City Code Sec…

A Special Fence Permit from the PBES Director is required when a proposed fence does not meet the height/location rules…

Nevada County's Fencing and Hedges section (Sec. 12.04.106) sets zoning height limits but does not, on its face…

A building permit is required in Newport Beach for any fence over 6 feet, or over 3.5 feet if masonry or concrete built…

Any wall or fence in Norwalk that rises above six feet needs a building permit before it can go up, under Municipal…

Every wall, fence, and gate in Ontario is subject to Planning Director design review regardless of whether a building…

In unincorporated Orange County, fences six feet or shorter are exempt from a building permit; taller fences, and any…

Pacifica does not require a permit for a residential fence that stays within the standard height limits, but Municipal…

Palm Springs requires a building permit for most fences and walls, but Municipal Code § 8.04.015 exempts solid fences…

Palmdale requires a building permit for any new fence, wall, or screening structure taller than six feet in any zone…

Pasadena requires a building permit from the Permit Center for any block wall over 48 inches of exposed height, per…

Perris, California requires a permit and inspection fee for masonry or concrete walls over 4 feet tall and for…

No fence or wall may be installed or constructed in Petaluma without an approved fence permit from the Community…

Under the California Building Code (Section 105.2) adopted by Placer County, fences not over 7 feet high are exempt…

Every new fence, wall, or required buffer/screen built in Pomona needs a Planning Division permit before construction…

Rancho Cordova requires a zoning certification before installing a new fence or wall, though a residential fence up to…

Redlands allows open, light-admitting fences up to 4 feet in a required front yard and solid fences or walls up to 6…

Redwood City does not require a permit for a fence built within the standard height limits set by Zoning Code § 36.3…

Rialto requires permits for walls taller than 42 inches and building permits for all masonry and retaining walls. Block…

Richmond requires a Planning Department permit for every residential fence regardless of height, plus a separate…

Ridgecrest requires a separate building permit before erecting, enlarging, or altering any fence or wall covered by the…

Rohnert Park requires building department approval for any fence or wall over six feet tall, and requires a building…

Roseville lets property owners add up to one extra foot to a fence for noise buffering with an Administrative Permit…

Salinas classifies any fence taller than 6 feet (1,829 mm) as a 'Utility and Miscellaneous Group U' structure under the…

Fences built to unincorporated San Benito County's standard height and material rules skip discretionary development…

San Bernardino exempts only fences up to 6 feet, and masonry or concrete fences up to 3 feet, from needing a building…

San Bernardino County's Building and Safety Division charges $113 for a residential chain-link, wood, or wrought-iron…

Raising a San Clemente fence, wall or hedge above the standard limit takes a discretionary permit. A Minor Exception…

San Diego generally does not require permits for standard fences up to 6 feet in height. Fences over 6 feet…

Unincorporated San Diego County exempts fences and freestanding masonry walls up to 6 feet from a building permit…

San Francisco exempts fences up to 6 feet at rear and side lot lines, and up to 3 feet anywhere else on the lot, from a…

San Jose fences that meet the height limits in Table 20-80 need no permit, but anything over three feet in a front…

San Leandro caps residential fences, walls, and hedges at seven feet, dropping to three feet in a required front or…

Typical residential fences in unincorporated San Luis Obispo County do not require a planning or building permit…

San Marcos reviews every fence and wall as part of a site plan, building permit, or Site Development Plan Review…

San Rafael lets homeowners build a 4-foot fence in front and street-side yards and a 7-foot fence in rear and interior…

Most San Ramon fences need no permit at all, but Municipal Code Section D3-4 requires a Building Permit for any fence…

Santa Ana requires a planning and building agency permit for any front yard fence over 18 inches tall in the RE, R1…

Santa Clara requires Architectural Review under Chapter 18.120 for any new fence, wall, hedge or screen unless it…

A conditional fence permit is required whenever a fence exceeds the standard height limits - over three feet six inches…

Two separate permit tracks apply: a building permit under the California Building Code (fences over 8 ft wood/metal…

Under California Residential Code R105.2 (adopted by Santa Maria in SMMC Chapter 9-08), a wood, chain-link or similar…

Santa Rosa requires a Building Permit for any fence exceeding 7 feet in height. A 6-foot fence with 2 feet of lattice…

Routine residential fences need no county building permit, but the California Building Code requires a building permit…

Simi Valley requires a Zoning Clearance from the Planning Division before installing, altering, or replacing a property…

Solano County Building & Safety Services exempts fences not over 6 feet high from a building permit. Fences over 6…

In the City of Sonoma, a residential fence, hedge or wall built within the height limits of Sonoma Municipal Code §…

Many fences in unincorporated Sonoma County need no permit, but a building permit is required for solid…

Stockton requires a building permit for fences and walls consistent with the current California Building Code, and the…

Sunnyvale requires a miscellaneous plan permit (MPP) or use permit (UP) for taller fences depending on yard location…

Sutter County regulates fence height and placement through the Zoning Code rather than a stand-alone fence permit. A…

A fence or wall that stays within Temecula's zoning height standard needs no discretionary review, but going higher…

A fence up to 6 feet tall or a masonry block wall up to 3 feet tall needs no building permit in Thousand Oaks under…

Turlock exempts timber fences up to 7 feet and masonry fences up to 6 feet from a building permit; taller fences…

Before Union City issues any permit touching a fence, the Community Development Director must confirm the project meets…

Upland exempts wood, chain link, and similar fencing up to 6 feet, and block or similar walls up to 2 feet, from…

A fence that meets Vallejo's Chapter 16.505 standards needs no separate permit; it's allowed outright. Anything that…

Fences under 7 feet in unincorporated Ventura County need no permit, but taller fences, fences wired for lighting or an…

Victorville exempts only short fences from a building permit: walls and fences up to three feet tall in rear or side…

Visalia Municipal Code section 15.40.020 requires a 'no fee' permit from the City Building Department before any fence…

Westminster exempts masonry walls and fences of 4 feet or less, measured from grade on either side, from a building…

Whittier exempts only very low walls and fences from its building permit requirement. Section 105.2 excuses walls or…

Yuba City does not require a building permit for an ordinary fence within its height limits, but any exception to…

Alhambra exempts most residential fences from a building permit: chain-link, wrought-iron and similar open fencing up…

Butte County does not require a building permit for non-masonry fences up to 7 feet high, or masonry fences up to 6…

El Cajon lets a residential fence go up without a permit as long as it stays inside Municipal Code § 17.130.170's…

Most Fairfield fences within standard height limits go up without a City permit. A fence permit or discretionary review…

Fontana's building code amendment exempts short fences from a building permit: solid fences up to 3.5 feet and open…

A standard residential fence not over 7 feet does not require a building permit in Fresno, but it must still meet the…

Oakland exempts residential concrete or masonry fences up to 3 feet high, and fences of other materials up to 7 feet…

New fences and walls in Rancho Cucamonga require site development review under Development Code Section 17.48.020, but…

San Joaquin County does not require a building permit to build a fence up to 7 feet high anywhere in the unincorporated…

Residential fences and walls not over 3.5 feet high are exempt from a building permit. Residential retaining and…

Unincorporated Santa Clara County exempts fences 3 feet or less, and certain open fences, from design review; taller…

Exceeding Santa Monica's standard fence or wall height limit requires a permit. Increases up to 4 feet above the limit…

Fences up to six feet tall don't need a building permit anywhere in unincorporated Tehama County; taller fences require…

Fences 6 feet or shorter do not need a building permit in unincorporated LA County; taller fences or any fence used as…

In unincorporated Yuba County, fences up to seven feet high need no building permit under County Code Section…

California Civil Code Section 841, the Good Neighbor Fence Act, presumes adjoining landowners share equal benefit and…

California law allows property owners to build fences without neighbor consent. California Civil Code Section 841…

In Bishop, a fence on the property line between two homes is a shared 'good neighbor' fence under California Civil Code…

The County zoning code doesn't decide who pays for a boundary fence. California's Good Neighbor Fence Law (Civil Code §…

Hedges and landscaping used as boundary barriers in Brentwood are subject to the same height limits as fences (3.5 ft…

Two rules meet at a Carlsbad property line. City standards set what the fence may be: a 6-foot solid masonry wall along…

Costa Mesa defers to California Civil Code Sections 841-841.4 for shared boundary fence responsibilities. Adjoining…

California's Good Neighbor Fence Act (Civil Code 841) requires neighbors to share costs of boundary fences equally…

Encinitas follows California Civil Code Sections 841-841.4 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) for shared boundary fences…

Garden Grove's fence ordinance addresses shared boundary fences through height and placement standards. California…

Where a commercial or industrial lot in Hawthorne shares a property line with residentially zoned land, the code…

CA Civil Code 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) presumes equal cost-sharing between adjoining owners for boundary fences…

California Civil Code Section 841 (the Good Neighbor Fence Act) governs shared boundary fences in unincorporated…

Imperial County requires neighbors to record a mutual agreement before building a fence on the shared property line…

California Civil Code §841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) governs Livermore boundary fences. Costs presumed split equally…

Boundary fences in Long Beach follow CA Civil Code §841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) requiring shared cost. Spite fences…

CA Good Neighbor Fence Act (Civil Code 841) applies in unincorporated LA County. Adjoining property owners share…

Adjacent Madera County landowners who both use their land for raising livestock must split the cost of building and…

Martinez follows California Civil Code §841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act), which presumes boundary fence costs are shared…

Moreno Valley follows California Civil Code §841 for shared boundary fences. Adjoining property owners share equal…

Shared fences between Mountain View neighbors are governed by California Civil Code 841 which presumes equal cost…

Oakland Municipal Code § 8.18.070 bans 'spite fences': any fence or fence-like structure erected or maintained…

California's Good Neighbor Fence Act (CC 841) applies in Ojai. Adjoining landowners share equally in the cost of…

Ontario lets neighbors build a wall or fence on a common interior side or rear property line for division or security…

Shared boundary fences in unincorporated Orange County are governed by California Civil Code Section 841, the Good…

Palmdale Municipal Code § 17.17.030(E) tells neighbors on sloped adjoining lots how a boundary fence's height is…

California Civil Code 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) presumes equal cost-sharing between adjoining property owners, and…

Pasadena does not require neighbor consent for fence installation. Under California Civil Code, boundary fences are a…

Hedges acting as boundary barriers in Pittsburg are subject to the same height limits as fences: 6 feet in side/rear…

California Civil Code §§841-841.4 governs shared boundary fence responsibilities in Port Hueneme. Adjoining property…

Redding's Zoning Code (RMC §18.40.180) regulates fence height, location, and materials, but private boundary-fence…

Walls crossing a Rialto property line require written, possibly notarized, permission from the adjacent owner plus a…

Riverside has no city-specific shared-fence ordinance; instead California Civil Code Section 841 (the Good Neighbor…

California Civil Code 841 presumes shared fences are equal responsibility between adjoining neighbors; Sacramento…

Sacramento County's Zoning Code does not assign cost between neighbors. Shared boundary fences are governed by…

Salinas regulates fences through Sec. 21-10 to 21-15 of the Municipal Code: the building official can order a fence…

San Benito County has no special county ordinance on shared boundary fences, so California's Good Neighbor Fence Act…

San Leandro defers to California Civil Code §841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act): adjoining owners are presumed equally…

San Mateo County's zoning code sets fence heights but does not allocate cost between neighbors. Boundary-fence cost…

California Civil Code Section 841 governs shared boundary fences in Sanger, requiring adjoining landowners to share…

Cost-sharing for a boundary fence between neighbors in unincorporated Santa Clara County is governed by California…

Santa Clarita does not require neighbor consent to build a fence on your property. California's Good Neighbor Fence Act…

Santa Maria's Good Neighbor Rules (Chapter 4-7) address fence-related neighbor issues. California law does not require…

Santa Rosa follows California Civil Code for boundary fences. Costs for boundary fences are shared equally between…

California's Good Neighbor Fence Act (Civil Code 841) applies in Simi Valley, requiring adjacent property owners to…

California Civil Code 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) requires adjoining property owners to share the cost of boundary…

Sutter County's Zoning Code controls fence height and placement, but cost-sharing for a boundary fence between…

California Civil Code §841 ('Good Neighbor Fence Act') governs shared boundary fences in Temecula, presuming both…

California Good Neighbor Fence Act (Civil Code 841) requires shared cost for boundary fences. Torrance limits fences to…

Visalia requires commercial and mixed-use properties that border residential neighborhoods to build a 7-foot concrete…

Hedges and dense landscaping in Walnut Creek are treated as fences when used as boundary screening and are subject to…

West Covina follows CA Civil Code Section 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) for shared boundary fences. Spite fences over…

California Civil Code Sections 841-841.4 govern shared boundary fence responsibilities statewide, including in…

Chino lets neighbors build a wall or fence right on a shared side or rear property line for division or security, with…

California's Good Neighbor Fence Act (Civil Code 841) applies in Compton. Adjoining landowners share equal…

Boundary fences between Isleton neighbors are governed by California Civil Code section 841, the Good Neighbor Fence…

LAMC § 41.30 prohibits the malicious construction or maintenance of any fence, wall, hedge, or similar growth…

When two adjoining Mission Viejo parcels sit at different elevations, the city measures a boundary fence's allowed…

Hedges in Richmond are treated as fences for height purposes: 4 feet in front yards and 6 feet in side/rear yards…

Vallejo does not require neighbors to split the cost of a shared fence. Instead, Section 16.505.02.C.1 puts the burden…

Under California Civil Code 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act), adjoining landowners in Alameda County share equal…

Bakersfield does not have a specific municipal ordinance addressing boundary fence disputes between neighbors…

California Civil Code 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) governs shared fence costs in Berkeley, presuming equal cost…

CA Civil Code 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) requires shared cost for boundary fences. Burbank allows fence exception…

California Civil Code §841, the Good Neighbor Fence Act of 2013, governs boundary fences in Citrus Heights. Adjoining…

CA Civil Code §841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) presumes equal shared cost between adjoining owners for boundary fences…

Hedges in Concord that function as fences are subject to the same height limits as fences: generally 3.5 feet in front…

Hedges and living screens in unincorporated Contra Costa County are generally treated as landscaping and are not…

Daly City treats boundary fences as a 'good neighbor' matter - the City neither requires fences nor referees disputes…

California Civil Code Section 841 governs shared fence costs in El Cajon. A 6-foot masonry wall is required where…

California Civil Code § 841 (the Good Neighbor Fence Act) presumes adjoining owners share equally in the cost of a…

California Civil Code section 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) presumes shared cost and maintenance of boundary fences…

Fairfield follows California Civil Code §841, the Good Neighbor Fence Law: adjoining owners are presumed to share…

California's Good Neighbor Fence Act (Civil Code §841) applies in Fillmore, requiring adjacent property owners to share…

California Civil Code §841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act of 2013) presumes boundary fence costs are shared equally between…

California Civil Code Section 841, the Good Neighbor Fence Act, controls shared boundary fences in Fontana. Adjoining…

Fremont applies California Civil Code 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) requiring neighbors to equally share costs of…

California Civil Code §841 (the Good Neighbor Fence Act) presumes shared boundary fences are a mutual benefit and…

CA Civil Code §841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) presumes equal cost-sharing for boundary fences. Requires 30 days written…

Fullerton defers to California Civil Code Sections 841-841.4 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) for shared boundary fence…

California Civil Code 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) presumes shared boundary fence costs are split equally. Written…

Glendale does not require neighbor consent to build a fence on your property. California Civil Code Section 841 governs…

Huntington Beach requires fences to be on the property owner's land. California Civil Code provides a framework for…

Inglewood follows California Civil Code regarding shared boundary fences. Adjoining property owners share equal…

Shared fences between neighbors in Irvine are subject to California Civil Code Section 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act)…

Jurupa Valley does not require fences between private properties unless one property has a swimming pool, and treats…

In unincorporated Kern County, boundary-fence disputes between neighbors are governed by California's Good Neighbor…

Menifee has no separate fence-dispute ordinance, so California's Good Neighbor Fence Act (Civil Code Sec. 841) governs…

Modesto follows California Civil Code regarding shared boundary fences. Adjoining property owners share equal…

Boundary fence disputes governed by CA Civil Code §841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act). Costs shared equally. 30 days written…

Napa's Municipal Code does not require neighbor consent to build a fence. Boundary fence cost-sharing follows…

Napa County does not adopt a separate boundary-fence rule, so California Civil Code 841 controls: adjoining landowners…

Shared boundary fences in Newport Beach are governed primarily by California Civil Code good neighbor fence provisions…

Boundary fence disputes in Oakley are governed by California Civil Code Section 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act), which…

Boundary fences in Oceanside are governed by California Civil Code section 841 (good neighbor fence law). Property…

Shared boundary fences in Orange are governed by California Civil Code Section 841, which generally requires adjoining…

Oxnard follows California's Good Neighbor Fence law (Civil Code §841), which presumes equal cost sharing for boundary…

Palm Springs defers to California Civil Code §841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) for shared boundary fences. Adjoining…

Pomona follows CA Civil Code Section 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) requiring shared cost for boundary fences. Spite…

Under California Civil Code Section 841, the Good Neighbor Fence Act of 2013, boundary fences between adjoining…

Rancho Cucamonga follows California Civil Code 841, the Good Neighbor Fence Act. Adjoining owners share the reasonable…

Fence cost-sharing between neighbors in Redwood City is governed by California Civil Code §841 (Good Neighbor Fence…

Riverside County's zoning ordinance does not govern cost-sharing for boundary fences. California Civil Code Section 841…

California Civil Code 841, the Good Neighbor Fence Act, presumes adjoining owners share equally in the cost of a…

The San Bernardino County Development Code sets fence height, materials, and placement, but does not allocate the cost…

California Civil Code Sections 841-841.4 (Good Neighbor Fence Act of 2013) governs shared boundary fences in San Diego…

San Diego County's Zoning Ordinance sets fence heights and locations but does not allocate cost between neighbors…

San Marcos follows California state law (Civil Code Section 841) for shared boundary fence responsibilities. Adjoining…

Shared fence cost and responsibility between neighbors in San Mateo is governed by California Civil Code §841 (Good…

Hedges in San Ramon are regulated similarly to fences for sight-line purposes. Front yard hedges must not exceed 3.5…

Santa Clara follows California Civil Code 841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) presuming equal shared responsibility between…

Santa Cruz IZO §24.12.160(1)(f) limits fences and hedges in clear corner triangles and clear vision areas to 3 ft 6 in…

Boundary fences in Santa Monica follow CA Civil Code §841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) for shared cost. Spite fences over…

California Civil Code §841 (Good Neighbor Fence Act) applies in Santa Paula. Adjoining property owners share equal…

Sonoma County's Zoning Code (Ch. 26) governs fence height and placement, but cost-sharing for a shared boundary fence…

California's Good Neighbor Fence Act (Civil Code section 841) applies in Sonora and requires equal cost-sharing for…

Fence cost sharing between neighbors in South San Francisco is governed by California Civil Code §841 (Good Neighbor…

Thousand Oaks follows California Civil Code sections 841-845 for shared boundary fence responsibilities. Adjacent…

Shared boundary fences in unincorporated Tuolumne County are governed by California's Good Neighbor Fence Law (Civil…

Vacaville has no special neighbor-fence ordinance - California Civil Code 841 (the 2014 Good Neighbor Fence Act)…

Ventura County's zoning ordinance does not assign cost responsibility between neighbors. That is governed by…

California Civil Code Section 841 applies in Vista requiring equal cost-sharing for boundary fences. Disputes are civil…

In Hillside Area A and R zones, freestanding retaining walls are limited to one wall at 12 feet maximum, or two walls…

A retaining wall in a Salinas floodway that involves placing fill must meet the same floodway limitations as sidewalks…

Unincorporated Alameda County exempts retaining walls under 4 feet from permitting, but taller walls need a permit, and…

Where a fence sits atop a retaining wall in Alhambra, the fence itself is capped at 3 feet measured from the retained…

Anaheim caps crib and retaining wall height under Municipal Code Section 18.46.110.120: six feet where the wall is…

Apple Valley measures retaining wall height from the lowest finished grade, caps a combined retaining/privacy wall at…

Bakersfield's building code amendments bar wood retaining and crib walls in high-seismic zones, require preservative…

Baldwin Park caps retaining walls at 10 feet overall height, with the fill-retaining portion excluded from the standard…

Bellflower's Building Code amendments exempt retaining walls up to 4 feet, measured footing to top of wall, from a…

A retaining wall in Berkeley needs a building permit once it rises above 4 feet, measured from the bottom of the…

In unincorporated San Diego County, a retaining wall's height is generally unlimited when stabilizing a bank, but every…

Brentwood caps a single retaining wall at 4 feet and requires benching with a 2-foot horizontal gap between walls on…

Buena Park requires a building permit for retaining walls over 4 feet measured from the footing, and for any shorter…

Butte County's grading ordinance treats retaining walls as an engineering tool for meeting cut-and-fill setbacks, not…

Camarillo requires a building permit for any retaining wall over 3 feet tall, measured from the top of the footing to…

A Carlsbad retaining wall needs a building permit once it rises above 4 feet from footing to top, or immediately if it…

Carson, California exempts retaining walls up to four feet tall (footing to top) from a building permit, unless the…

In Ceres, a rear or side yard wall holding back a grade change can't top 7 feet measured from the high side, or 8 feet…

Chico exempts retaining walls up to 4 feet from setback rules, allows walls 4 to 6 feet in a setback only when the…

Chino exempts retaining walls under eighteen inches from a building permit under Municipal Code Section 15.04.180, but…

Chino Hills limits a retaining wall on a prominent knoll, ridgeline, or in the Carbon Canyon area to four feet under…

Chula Vista lets you skip a building permit for a retaining wall only if it tops out at 3 feet, measured from the…

Clovis allows retaining walls up to 6 feet tall within a required setback, but decorative landscape retaining walls are…

Compton requires a building permit for any retaining wall over four feet tall, measured from the bottom of the footing…

Retaining walls up to 3 feet (measured footing to top) are exempt from building permits in unincorporated Contra Costa…

Corona requires a building permit for any retaining wall over two feet in height, measured from the top of the footing…

Cupertino requires every retaining wall in the city to be engineered and approved by the Director of Public Works…

Retaining walls in Daly City over 48 inches tall - or shorter walls supporting a surcharge or excavated uphill slope…

Within Downtown Davis zoning districts, the combined height of a screen and the retaining wall it sits on or is…

Downey exempts retaining walls up to four feet tall, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall…

In Dublin, California, a retaining wall taller than 3 feet, measured from the footing to the top, needs a building…

Eastvale exempts short retaining walls from its two separate approval layers, but the thresholds differ: the zoning…

El Cajon treats a retaining wall's height as part of a lot's overall fence height allowance. Under Municipal Code §…

A retaining wall over 36 inches high in an El Dorado County front yard can only sit within the setback if the…

Any retaining wall or cribbing built to hold back a cut or fill slope in El Monte must be engineered to the Building…

Elk Grove sets no height limit for retaining walls built along a project's exterior or final interior property lines…

When a fence sits atop a retaining wall in Escondido, the retaining wall's height counts toward the combined…

Fairfield requires a grading permit for a retaining wall excavation whenever the unsupported cut exceeds 5 feet after…

Folsom lets you excavate for a retaining wall's footing without a separate grading permit only if the work is covered…

Fremont lets a short open fence sit atop a retaining wall when the wall itself already eats the required yard height…

Fresno measures a retaining wall's height from the ground on its highest side and caps a fence-on-wall combination at 7…

Fresno County exempts retaining walls under three feet above finished grade from its Zoning Ordinance setback rules…

A Fullerton retaining wall over three feet in a front yard, or over four feet in a rear or side yard, needs Director of…

Garden Grove treats a retaining wall's height as part of the total fence height when the wall holds back fill. Build a…

In Glendale's ROS and R1R hillside zones, Municipal Code § 30.30.010(B) caps most retaining walls at five feet, with a…

Hanford exempts retaining walls no taller than 16 inches, measured from the low-side grade to the top of the wall, from…

Hawthorne treats a retaining wall's fill height separately from any fence stacked on top of it, and it lets a wall…

Hayward caps free-standing retaining walls at 6 feet measured from finished grade and limits how many can stack in a…

A retaining wall in Hemet needs its own permit from the building division under Hemet City Code § 67-2, and where a…

Hercules requires excavations deeper than 5 feet, or cut slopes steeper than 2:1, to be permitted and supported by an…

Hesperia's grading permit does not cover retaining walls: anyone building one in Hesperia, San Bernardino County, needs…

Huntington Beach limits a front-property-line retaining wall to 36 inches, or 18 inches in the RMH-A subdistrict, and…

Imperial County requires a construction permit for any retaining wall over four feet tall, or shorter if it holds back…

Indio requires a building permit for any new retaining wall, mandates one wherever the grade separation between…

When a retaining wall is combined with a fence or wall on an Irvine property, the combined structure can reach up to 10…

Retaining walls over two feet tall, measured from the top of the footing, require a building permit in Jurupa Valley…

In unincorporated Kern County, a retaining wall needs a building permit if it is over 4 feet tall measured from the…

In unincorporated Lake County, a retaining wall three feet tall or less is exempt from setback rules under the zoning…

Retaining walls up to 6 feet tall are allowed in any required yard on commercial-zoned property in Lancaster, and a…

A retaining wall or planter box in Long Beach needs no building permit if it's 4 feet or less from footing to top…

Retaining walls in required yards may not exceed 6 feet, and when a fill-retaining wall is topped with a fence the wall…

Manteca retaining walls need an approved grading permit or roadway project, not a standalone fence permit, and walls…

An embankment over six feet in unincorporated Mendocino County cannot be held back by a single retaining wall. Sec…

Retaining walls in Menifee require a permit; only walls under 3 feet are exempt from development review, and any…

Merced County exempts residential retaining walls two feet or less in height from a building permit under County Code §…

Mission Viejo lets an excavation for a retaining wall's footing skip a separate grading permit if it is covered by a…

Modesto exempts retaining walls up to four feet tall, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall…

Monterey limits the combined height of a retaining wall plus a fence on the same property line to eight feet, caps any…

In unincorporated Monterey County, a retaining wall built under a building permit for a structure's footings does not…

Moorpark limits a retaining wall used to raise usable lot area, combined with any fence or wall on top, to six feet…

Moreno Valley caps front-yard retaining walls at three feet and side or rear yard retaining walls at six feet, dropping…

Mountain View only waives its zoning permit for a retaining wall when the wall retains earth only and creates a grade…

Murrieta lets a homeowner build a retaining wall up to six feet tall inside a required yard setback under Section…

In unincorporated Nevada County, the Building Setbacks section (Sec. 12.04.105) exempts retaining walls less than 4…

Newport Beach caps retaining walls at 8 feet measured from finish grade at the base of the wall under Municipal Code…

Norwalk lets you build a retaining wall up to four feet tall, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top…

Oakland caps retaining wall height at 8 feet under Planning Code Section 17.108.150, with narrow exceptions for…

Oceanside's Land Development Ordinance treats retaining walls as a last resort, not a first option. City Code Sec…

Where grade differs between properties or a property and the public right-of-way, Ontario allows a wall or fence…

Orange limits a retaining wall used to enlarge a building pad to three feet, measured from the top of the wall's…

In unincorporated Orange County, front-setback retaining walls are capped at 3.5 feet in height with the exposed face…

In Oxnard's front yards, Sec. 16-308(B) caps solid walls and fences at 18 inches, but expressly does not limit…

Pacifica measures retaining wall height from the lower ground level where grade differs on either side, under Municipal…

Palm Springs exempts short retaining walls from a building permit under Municipal Code § 8.04.015, amending CBC §…

Palmdale requires a retaining wall on the lower of two adjoining parcels to be terraced whenever it exceeds three feet…

Retaining walls built to support cuts or fills on Pasadena hillside lots cannot exceed a cumulative height of 8 feet…

Petaluma requires any retained embankment over 48 inches high to be stepped so no single exposed retaining wall exceeds…

A grading permit is required for any retaining wall over four feet, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top…

Retaining walls up to 4 feet high, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall, do not need a…

No retaining wall in Pomona may exceed 10 feet in height under Zoning and Development Code Sec. 620.G, and any wall…

A Rancho Cordova retaining wall under 36 inches skips the zoning certification required for fences and walls under RCMC…

Redlands requires retaining walls to be engineered to resist all imposed loads and built of concrete, masonry, or…

A wall in Redondo Beach that holds back earth needs a building permit no matter how short it is. The city's amended…

Redwood City requires a grading permit, plus a separate plan-review and permit fee, for any retaining wall that meets…

Rialto's standard block wall design may not retain any earth, so retaining walls need their own building permit and…

Ridgecrest, California, in Kern County requires any fence or wall over 30 inches tall, including masonry retaining…

Riverside limits retaining walls exposed to public view to three feet in front yards and caps the retaining portion of…

Retaining walls up to 4 feet, measured footing to top, don't need a building permit in unincorporated Riverside County…

A retaining wall along a public street must sit outside the right-of-way, and any masonry wall, retaining or otherwise…

Roseville requires a grading plan approval for most site grading, but excavation for a retaining wall is exempt from…

Retaining walls combined with fences on side-street or interior lot lines in unincorporated Sacramento County are…

In unincorporated San Benito County, retaining walls over four feet in height must be engineered and permitted under…

In unincorporated San Bernardino County, retaining walls under three feet tall are exempt from setback rules, but…

San Clemente caps residential retaining wall height under Section 17.24.180: 3 feet 6 inches in a front yard setback…

San Diego caps freestanding retaining walls at 12 feet outside required yards, with lower limits and horizontal offsets…

In unincorporated San Diego County, retaining walls over 3 feet of retained soil or 6 feet total height need a county…

San Francisco requires a building permit for any retaining wall over 4 feet tall, measured footing to top, or one that…

San Jose exempts retaining walls under 4 feet from a building permit, but residential zoning caps accessory retaining…

A San Leandro retaining wall skips the building permit only if it is 4 feet or less, measured from the bottom of the…

San Luis Obispo County requires a building permit for any retaining wall over 4 feet high, or shorter walls that carry…

San Marcos requires a Grading permit for any retaining wall three feet or taller, measured from top of footing to top…

San Rafael caps retaining walls at four feet in required rear and interior side yards; taller retaining walls on…

San Ramon requires any embankment over 48 inches high to be benched so no single retaining wall face exceeds 48 inches…

Residential retaining walls not over 4 feet (footing to top) are permit-exempt unless they support a surcharge or…

A retaining wall under 4 feet, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top, needs no building permit in…

Santa Clara limits retaining walls to three feet in height under Title 18 Zoning Code § 18.34.040(B), with a six-foot…

A retaining wall in unincorporated Santa Clara County needs a Grading Permit once the cut or fill it creates exceeds…

Santa Clarita caps retaining walls on typical residential lots (under a 10% average slope) at six feet in a side yard…

In unincorporated Santa Cruz County, a retaining wall holding back three feet of material or less needs no building…

Retaining walls four feet tall or less (measured from footing bottom to wall top) are permit-exempt in Santa Monica…

Simi Valley lets homeowners build a retaining wall up to four feet tall, measured footing to top, without a building…

Solano County bars cuts and fills within five feet of a property line unless a retaining wall is built, and the wall's…

Retaining walls in the City of Sonoma cannot exceed 6 feet measured from finished grade, though the city planner can…

A fence built on top of a retaining wall in unincorporated Sonoma County cannot exceed the allowable fence height when…

Stanislaus County treats retaining walls as regulated grading structures under its local amendments to the California…

Temecula regulates retaining walls under its grading title, defining them as structures built to resist lateral soil…

Thousand Oaks requires a building permit for most retaining walls under TOMC § 8-4.09. A wall stays permit-exempt only…

Turlock's grading code requires a retaining wall built to City standards whenever adjoining lots differ in elevation by…

Union City caps free-standing retaining walls in residential districts at three feet, requires architectural treatment…

Upland exempts retaining walls up to 3 feet, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall, from…

In Vacaville's Hillside Overlay District, Section 14.09.120.060(C) caps freestanding retaining walls at six feet and…

A fence built on top of a retaining wall in Vallejo can't exceed 6 feet, measured from the highest finished grade…

In the City of Ventura, retaining walls need their own permit from Building and Safety in addition to any grading…

Structural retaining walls in unincorporated Ventura County carry no height cap outside driveway sight triangles, but a…

Victorville only exempts short retaining walls from a permit: up to thirty inches measured from footing to top in rear…

Vista exempts a retaining wall's excavation from a separate grading permit only if the wall is authorized by a valid…

West Covina caps an interior-facing retaining wall at 7 feet, with a fence stacked on top allowed up to 12 to 14 feet…

In West Sacramento, retaining wall excavation is exempt from the grading permit only when the wall itself is authorized…

Westminster exempts retaining walls of 4 feet or less, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall…

Retaining walls in Whittier's residential zones are capped by location under Table 18.10.030(D): 42 inches in a front…

In unincorporated Yuba County, a retaining wall over four feet tall, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top…

Fontana exempts short retaining walls from a building permit: Sec. 5-62(b) rewrites California Building Code Section…

Retaining walls in unincorporated Marin County may reach 6 feet above grade when the exposed face points inward, or 4…

Retaining walls under 36 inches are exempt from Rancho Cucamonga's fence chapter under Development Code Section…

Retaining walls up to 4 feet high are exempt from a building permit countywide, unless they hold back a surcharge or…

Retaining walls up to four feet tall are exempt from a building permit in unincorporated Tehama County, unless they…

Antioch prohibits barbed wire, razor ribbon and similar wire on top of any fence. Chain link near public areas must be…

Downey bans barbed wire, razor wire, and electrified fencing in every zone under Municipal Code Section 9520.08(c)…

Fontana outlaws electric fences citywide: it's unlawful to construct or maintain one anywhere in the city, residential…

Hayward's zoning code bans barbed wire, razor wire, and electrified fencing outright in the city's residential…

In residential front-yard setbacks, only fences that are at least 70% open to the passage of light and air qualify for…

Livermore treats barbed wire, concertina wire, razor-cut wire, and fencing topped with spikes, nails, or broken glass…

Marin County does not categorically prohibit fence materials, but fences taller than 4 feet in front yards or…

Moorpark bans barbed wire strands, razor wire, and concertina wire on residential, agricultural, and open space…

Newport Beach's Zoning Code bans barbed wire, electrical fences, razor wire, and similar materials on residential…

In the City of Pacifica, it is unlawful to place or maintain a fence made wholly or partially of barbed wire in any…

Pasadena bans barbed wire, concertina wire and razor wire on residential fences and walls outright, under Zoning Code…

Barbed wire and razor wire are prohibited in all Rialto residential zones, and no sharp points may top any fence under…

San Clemente bans barbed wire and razor fencing in every zone, residential and nonresidential alike, under Municipal…

San Francisco's Building Code bars barbed-wire fencing citywide unless the Building Official and Fire Department grant…

San Jose prohibits barbed wire, razor wire and electric fences on residential parcels not covered by a Chapter 20.100…

Santa Barbara County's LUDC Section 35.30.070 regulates fences by height and location rather than by a general list of…

Santa Clara's Title 18 Zoning Code bans barbed wire, razor wire, and electrified fencing on every parcel in the city…

Shasta County's published zoning height rules do not impose a general residential ban on barbed wire or specific fence…

Sunnyvale bans electrically charged fences and any barbed wire, razor wire, or injury-designed fencing on or near…

Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 17.36 allows fences to be built of any generally acceptable material in residential…

Vista Municipal Code Section 18.02.300(F) bars barbed wire, razor wire, and similar materials from every fence…

Alameda's zoning code bans barbed wire, razor wire, and similar materials from any part of a fence citywide, and blocks…

Alhambra's zoning code flatly prohibits barbed wire, razor wire, ultra-barrier and electrified fencing on private…

Apple Valley expressly prohibits barbed wire, razor wire and electrified fencing on residential property townwide, and…

Barbed and electrified wire are flatly banned on residential-zone fences in Bakersfield, allowed in…

Baldwin Park bans barbed wire, razor wire and razor ribbon on any residentially zoned lot, along with corrugated metal…

Brentwood outlaws barbed wire, razor wire, electrified fencing, and chain link visible from public areas in every…

Buena Park bans chain link, barbed wire, and razor or concertina wire on RS-zone fences and requires masonry walls to…

Burbank Municipal Code 10-1-603 and 10-1-628 prohibit fences, walls, and hedges from being composed of dangerous wire…

Camarillo restricts barbed wire and concertina wire fencing to commercial and industrial zones, and only under a permit…

Chico prohibits barbed wire, electrified fencing, and razor wire on fences and walls in every zoning district…

Chino bans barbed wire, razor wire, and visible chain-link fencing on residential property unless the Director finds it…

Chino Hills bans barbed wire and razor ribbon as fencing material citywide, and bars chain-link or similar wire fencing…

Compton bans a specific list of fencing materials citywide regardless of zone: corrugated or sheet metal and tin…

Costa Mesa bans barbed wire, razor wire and electrified fencing in setbacks facing a street or near residential…

Cupertino bans barbed wire, razor wire, chicken wire, similar small-gauge mesh, and electrified fencing on any…

In Downtown Davis zoning districts, permanent barbed wire, razor wire and chain link screening are banned outright…

Dublin's zoning code bans barbed wire, electrified fencing, and razor wire on any fence, wall, or hedge, or standing…

El Cajon bans barbed wire, razor wire, concertina wire, corrugated metal or plastic, tarps and electrified wire from…

El Dorado County prohibits concertina, serpentine, barbed, and razor wire fencing outright under Section 130.30.070(G)…

Escondido bans electrified fencing citywide and bars barbed wire, razor wire, or other sharp-instrument fencing in…

Fairfield bans razor and barbed wire fencing on developed parcels wherever it is visible from adjacent properties…

Chain link fencing is banned outright in Folsom's historic district. FMC 17.52.300(C)(1)(e) exempts ordinary privacy…

Fremont bans barbed wire and electrically charged fencing outright in residential zones under FMC 18.171.030(d)…

Hemet bans chain link, plexiglass, electric, hog wire, woven wire, and barbed wire fencing outright, and limits wood…

Indio prohibits barbed wire, razor wire, broken glass, and electrified fencing citywide, with narrow exceptions for…

Barbed wire and sharp or protruding fence materials are banned outright on residential fences and walls in Inglewood…

Irvine's Zoning Ordinance flatly bans seven fencing materials citywide, barbed wire, wire, electrically charged…

Jurupa Valley bans fences built from garage doors, tires, or pallets, and prohibits perimeter fences of chainlink…

Kern County prohibits barbed wire and electrified fences in residential and Estate zones, with narrow exceptions…

Lakewood Municipal Code Section 8014 bans barbed wire, sharp-pointed fencing, and electrically charged wire fences…

Lancaster bans several fencing materials outright for residential properties. Municipal Code Sec. 17.08.130.I prohibits…

In the Santa Monica Mountains Coastal Zone (unincorporated LA County), barbed wire and chain-link fencing are…

Manteca bans sheet or corrugated iron, sheet steel, concertina wire, and sheer aluminum fencing, plus barbed wire on…

Merced bans barb-wire and razor-wire fencing citywide unless a minor use permit is approved, and prohibits electric…

Merced County bans barbed wire, electric fencing, and razor wire in every residential and commercial zone under Zoning…

Murrieta bans barbed wire, razor wire and similar materials from fences citywide except on agricultural and livestock…

Oakland prohibits barbed wire, razor wire, and electrified wire on residential fences and walls under Planning Code §…

Oceanside's Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance bans barbed wire, electrified fencing and razor wire on any fence, wall or…

Oxnard bans barbed wire, broken glass, and any protruding sharp or dangerous object from fences and walls citywide…

Palm Springs bans barbed wire and razor wire fencing citywide except for governmental or quasi-governmental agencies…

Palmdale prohibits barbed wire, razor wire, ultrabarrier, electrified, and broken-glass fencing citywide under…

Petaluma Municipal Code Section 13.04.010 makes it unlawful to erect or maintain a barbed wire fence along any public…

Pleasanton bans barbed wire fencing in its R-1 and RM residential districts. Municipal Code §§ 18.32.050 and 18.36.050…

Rancho Cordova's nuisance code bans chain-link, barbed wire, electrified, razor, and concertina wire on residential…

Redding bans anyone from placing, using or maintaining barbed wire on a fence that fronts a public lane, alley, avenue…

Redlands bans barbed wire fences and thorn-bearing hedges along any street line, and separately bans electric fences…

Redondo Beach bans barbed wire, razor wire, and electric fences outright in every residential zone under Municipal Code…

Redwood City bans electrically charged fences, barbed wire, razor wire and other wire fencing in every residential…

Riverside bans razor wire visible from a public right-of-way, alley, or parking lot, and barbed wire outright on any…

Roseville bans barbed wire, electrified fencing, and razor wire on any fence, wall, or hedge citywide, allowing them…

Sacramento bans barbed wire, concertina wire, razor wire and similar injury-capable fencing citywide except in M-1 and…

Salinas Zoning Code Section 37-50.090(k) bans barbed wire, razor wire, and electrically charged fencing in every…

San Bernardino County Code § 83.06.070 bans permanent chain-link, barbed wire, razor wire, tarp, and electrified…

San Leandro bans chain link and corrugated metal fencing in residential and commercial districts, and it confines…

San Marcos bans barbed wire, razor wire, concertina wire, electrified wire, corrugated metal and plastic, and tarps on…

San Ramon bans barbed wire, electrified fencing, razor or concertina wire, and chain link in a front or street-side…

Santa Maria Municipal Code prohibits barbed wire, razor wire, or similar sharp-pointed materials on fences in any…

Santa Rosa City Code Section 20-30.060.G prohibits barbed wire fencing in residential, commercial, and other…

Barbed wire, electrified, and razor wire fences are banned across all residential zoning districts in the City of…

Stockton bans chain-link fencing in residential districts, bars tarp fencing citywide, restricts barbed and razor wire…

Thousand Oaks bans barbed wire, razor wire, and other sharp materials on residential fences and walls, and prohibits…

Turlock caps residential fences at seven feet and flatly bans barbed wire, razor wire, and electrified fencing in all…

Union City requires residential fences to be built of wood, masonry, or earth materials: metal and plastic are barred…

Vacaville limits residential and commercial fence materials to masonry, brick, wrought iron, and wooden slats by right…

Vallejo's fence code flatly forbids electrically charged wire, barbed wire, razor wire, chicken wire, welded wire mesh…

Unincorporated Ventura County bans barbed wire, razor-edge wire, and electric wire fencing in urban residential and…

Victorville's Development Code bans razor wire and barbed wire on any residential fence and prohibits chain link on new…

Westminster bans chain-link, corrugated metal and fiberglass fencing, plus tennis windscreens, from front and…

Whittier prohibits razor wire, barbed wire, concertina wire, nails, glass, and electrified fencing on any wall or fence…

Anaheim's zoning code bans visible chain link fencing from the public right-of-way, prohibits barbed wire on…

Bellflower allows wood, plastic, vinyl, metal, aluminum, brick, and stone fencing but bans chain-link fence material…

Berkeley bans barbed wire, razor wire, sharp glass, and jagged metal fencing in every Residential District. Existing…

San Diego County limits barbed and razor wire: open fences may reach 8 feet only where the top two feet are barbed or…

Butte County Zoning Code Section 24-60 limits residential fence materials to decorative masonry, ornamental steel or…

Carson requires a solid masonry wall, not a wood or chain-link fence, on commercial lot lines next to residential zones…

Chula Vista's fence code sets material standards by use: a masonry wall over three and a half feet must carry…

Clovis bans barbed wire fencing citywide except in specific zoning districts. Industrial and commercial-zoned…

Contra Costa County's Ordinance Code does not impose a general material restriction on residential fences in…

Corona bars chain link fencing from any front yard setback on single-family or multi-family lots under Corona Code of…

Daly City's fence ordinance imposes no general material prohibitions on residential fences. Material rules apply only…

Delano Development Code §20.10.90.1.c prohibits barbed wire on any front, side, or rear property line in a residential…

Eastvale bans barbed wire, electrified fencing, and razor or concertina wire on any fence or wall citywide, and bars…

El Monte bans barbed, spiked, pointed and razor materials on any residential or commercial fence or wall, and bars…

Elk Grove bans barbed wire on top of a fence citywide except in agricultural, open space, or industrial areas, and…

Fresno's official fence handout for Section 15-2006 lists allowed materials (wrought iron, tubular steel, wood…

Fullerton Municipal Code 15.17.050 does not enumerate prohibited fence materials, but the Director of Development…

Glendale's zoning code bans electrically charged fences and any fence or wall made of barbed wire, razor wire, chicken…

Hawthorne's zoning code bans barbed wire and electrified fencing citywide, and residential front yards face an…

Hercules declares barbed wire fencing within 4 feet of a sidewalk, and wire fencing under 3 feet tall within 3 feet of…

Imperial County bans junk materials in fences: no tires, cans, broken glass, used car parts, or vehicles in any fence…

In Kings County's R-1 and RM districts, a solid fence over 50% closed needs a 10-foot front setback, while an open…

LBMC § 22.30.130(B) prohibits barbed wire 'or similar fencing with sharp, protruding objects capable of cutting or…

Los Angeles Municipal Code defines exactly which materials count as a 'fence' or 'wall' in the A and R zones, lattice…

Madera bans barbed wire on residential fences in the R-1, R-2, R-3, and PD zones and limits construction to permanent…

In unincorporated Mendocino County, razor and concertina wire cannot go on a residential or commercial fence or wall…

Menifee approves wood, vinyl, stone, masonry, brick, block, stucco, wrought iron, and concrete fencing, but prohibits…

Electrified fencing and razor wire are banned citywide on Mission Viejo residential property, barbed wire needs the…

Modesto's zoning code generally allows any fencing material in residential side and rear yards, but front-yard fences…

Monterey City Code § 32-2 bars anyone from placing, fastening, stretching or maintaining barbed wire, for fencing or…

Monterey County's building-permit exemptions distinguish fence materials: concrete/masonry fences are exempt up to 6…

Within Moreno Valley's mixed-use development projects, Municipal Code Section 9.09.260(B)(4) bans barbed wire and…

Napa County defines a fence broadly to allow wood, wire, stone, concrete, glass block or other construction, but in…

Nevada County's Sec. 12.04.106 does not prohibit specific fence materials. It allows wood, metal, wire, fabric, boards…

Ontario prohibits razor wire on any wall or fence citywide, and bans barbed wire and electrified fences in residential…

Orange's fence material table bars barbed wire and concertina wire in R and MH residential zones except for public…

In unincorporated Orange County, chain link fencing cannot be used within the required front setback of a residential…

Perris bans barbed and razor wire, plain wire, corrugated metal, exposed plastic concrete, plywood (including T-111)…

Placer County ties some fence materials to setback location. In the front setback, only open-style materials (open…

Pomona bans several fence and wall materials outright under Zoning and Development Code Sec. 620.E.3.c.1.ii, including…

Rancho Cucamonga bans chain-link fencing for screening or privacy in every zone, including the Industrial Zones, under…

Richmond allows fences of wood, metal, PVC, or masonry but prohibits barbed wire, razor wire, chain link, woven wire…

Riverside County's zoning code bans building fences out of garage doors, tires, wood pallets, or similar scrap…

Rohnert Park bans barbed wire, razor ribbon and electrified fencing on top of any fence citywide. The planning…

Sacramento County zoning code sets which materials are allowed for fences facing the front yard, street side yard, or…

In San Bernardino's foothill fire zones A, B and C and any state-designated very high fire hazard severity zone, §…

San Diego allows wood, brick, block, stone, stucco, metal, and prefabricated PVC for fences, but bans plywood outright…

San Luis Obispo County's Land Use Ordinance specifies fence and screening materials by location. Required screening…

In the North Fair Oaks NMU commercial district, chain-link and corrugated metal fences are banned within 15 feet of the…

San Rafael bans concertina wire, razor wire, broken glass and electrified fences in every district, and bars barbed…

Santa Ana limits front yard fences to specific approved materials: wood, wrought iron, tubular steel, stone, brick…

The Fence Guidelines set height and location but defer the exact material, color, width and style to design-review…

In the unincorporated New Almaden Historic Preservation combining district of Santa Clara County, new and replacement…

Santa Clarita bans barbed wire, razor ribbon, fiberglass sheeting, bamboo sheeting and other similar temporary material…

Santa Cruz prohibits barbed-wire fences, electrified or not, without a conditional fence permit, and bars any fence…

SCCC 13.10.525 does not impose a general list of prohibited fence materials for ordinary residential fences, but it…

In residential zones, barbed wire (especially concertina wire), electrically energized fences, and fences with jagged…

Simi Valley does not allow chain-link residential fences pursuant to SVMC Section 9-30.030.A.6.e. Other materials…

Under the 2025 objective standards, residential and K-district fences in unincorporated Sonoma County must use allowed…

South Gate's multifamily development standards prohibit barbed wire outright and bar chain-link fencing unless it is…

The Sutter County Zoning Code regulates fence height, placement, and sight distance but does not impose a countywide…

Temecula bans chain link fencing, with or without slats, anywhere on a residential lot's front setback under Municipal…

Upland bans chain-link, barbed wire, razor wire and wire mesh fencing in all residential zones and in any area visible…

West Covina's Development Code bans barbed wire, electrified fencing, and razor wire atop any fence or wall in…

West Sacramento bans barbed wire, razor wire, and electrified fencing citywide except in specific zones and uses, bars…

Yuba City bans coiled barbed wire and razor wire on street-frontage fences citywide, and separately outlaws uninsulated…

Unincorporated Yuba County requires street-visible fencing to match the site's architecture and restricts plain…

Fresno County allows chain link, louvered glass, stake, steel mesh, and wire mesh fencing under Zoning Ordinance…

In the R-1 single-family zone in unincorporated Glenn County, front and corner-lot side yard fences, walls and hedges…

In unincorporated San Diego County, fences and walls can be built from any material commonly used for fencing, or…

Solano County's Zoning Code does not impose broad fence-material bans for ordinary residential fences. Where screening…