Fence Regulations in Florida (2026)

In unincorporated Sarasota County, fences and walls facing a side or rear lot line may be up to 8 feet. In a street…

Alachua County caps residential fences and walls at six feet in unincorporated areas, rising to eight feet for…

Boca Raton caps fences, walls, and gates in required yards at 6 feet in residential and miscellaneous districts, 6 feet…

Fences and walls in unincorporated Brevard County top out at six feet in residential zones and eight feet in…

Unincorporated Broward caps residential fences, walls, and hedges at 6 feet, 8 feet next to commercial or industrial…

Cape Coral limits residential fences and walls to six feet, rising to eight feet along a side that abuts a commercial…

Charlotte County lets residential fences and walls up to six feet stand without meeting side or rear setbacks behind…

In unincorporated Citrus County, no fence or wall in a residential district may exceed six feet, and inside a corner…

Cocoa's zoning code caps residential fences at 4 feet in front yards and 6 feet along side and rear lot lines, dropping…

When a nonresidential development abuts or faces a residential district, Collier County requires the nonresidential…

Coral Gables caps walls and fences at 4 feet, with Board of Architects sign-off needed for any taller design or corner…

Dade City, Pasco County, Florida caps residential fences at four feet in front yards and six feet in side and rear…

In the Town of Davie, residential fences and walls top out at 6 feet (8 feet next to nonresidential land), and any…

Daytona Beach caps fences and walls at four feet in the front yard, between the front lot line and the front of the…

Deltona caps fences and hedges at five feet in the front yard, eight feet in the rear, and six feet along interior side…

Doral caps fences and walls in residential districts at six feet under City Code Section 74-222, but that limit drops…

In unincorporated Escambia County, residential fences may reach 3 feet in the front yard (4 feet if transparent) and 8…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, residential fences cannot exceed four feet in a required front yard setback…

Under Fort Lauderdale ULDR Section 47-19.5, fence, wall, and hedge heights are governed by Table 1: in residential…

Fort Myers caps fences at six feet in residential zoning districts and ten feet in commercial and industrial districts…

Fences inside a Gainesville property's required yard setback, or within five feet of the front lot line where no…

In Gulfport residential districts, Sec. 7-3(g) caps fences at six feet behind the front setback line and four feet in…

Hernando County caps residential fences at four feet in front yards and eight feet in side and rear yards. Rear-yard…

Hialeah caps residential fences, walls and hedges at four feet along the front lot line and six feet along side and…

In unincorporated Highlands County, a front-yard fence tops out at four feet, five feet for chain link or a spaced…

Residential fences in unincorporated Hillsborough County top out at 6 feet under the Land Development Code, with…

Hollywood caps residential fences and walls at four feet in the front yard and six feet along side and rear lines…

Homestead caps residential fences at 6 feet when built behind the house's building line and 4 feet in the front…

Jacksonville caps residential fences at 4 feet in the front yard and 8 feet elsewhere, measured from grade to the top…

Jupiter's Town Code caps residential fences and walls at six feet in required side and rear yards and four feet in…

Front-yard fences in Kissimmee top out at three feet (six for open decorative or retaining designs), side and rear…

Lake County's LDR 3.02.05 requires fences to stay out of the visibility triangle at intersections and meet minimum…

Lakeland caps fences, walls and plantings at three feet above curb grade inside the sight-triangle at street corners…

In unincorporated Lee County a fence between the street and the required setback line is capped at three feet, or four…

At intersecting streets in unincorporated Leon County, nothing between three and ten feet above street grade may block…

In unincorporated Manatee County, fences within a required front yard max out at 48 inches (4 feet); fences in all…

Martin County lets fences, walls and hedges up to six feet tall skip the zoning district's normal setback line…

Melbourne caps residential fences at six feet, dropping to four feet in a required front yard and on the street side of…

In Miami's T3 Sub-Urban Zone, front-yard fences top out at 4 feet (6 feet for aluminum or iron picket-and-post fences)…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, all walls and fences need a permit, and RU/EU-M residential yards cap fences and…

Miramar caps residential fences at six feet under Section 505.8, and front-yard fences are only allowed at all in the…

Inside the Timber to Tides Design Overlay along SR 200/A1A, front-yard fences cap out at four feet and must be at least…

New Port Richey caps residential fences at 3 feet in the front yard and 6 feet in the rear and side yards, dropping to…

Residential fences top out at 4 feet in front yards and 8 feet on sides, rear, and waterfront; fences over 6 feet need…

In unincorporated Orange County, residential fences are capped at 4 feet in the front yard, 6 feet on side streets, and…

Orlando caps residential fence and wall height by yard: 4 feet in a reverse-corner front/street-side yard, 6 feet along…

In unincorporated Osceola County, fences in the front yard of single-family homes may not exceed four (4) feet. Rear…

Palm Bay caps fences and walls at four feet within the front setback and six feet everywhere else, with a six-foot…

In unincorporated Palm Beach County, residential fences and walls max out at 4 feet within the required front setback…

In unincorporated Pasco County, residential gates, fences, and walls are limited to 4 feet in the front yard (or in…

Pembroke Pines caps residential fences, walls, and hedges at six feet along any lot line, rising to eight feet where…

In unincorporated Pinellas County, residential fences max out at 6 feet in side and rear setbacks and 3 feet in front…

Plantation caps residential fence and wall height by where it sits on the lot: four feet in the front street setback…

Polk County LDC Section 210 sets baseline fence rules: no fence in the right-of-way, none that impedes drainage or…

Residential fences in Pompano Beach top out at four feet in the front yard and six feet on the sides and rear, with…

Port Orange, Florida caps residential fences and walls at six feet in rear and side yards and four feet in required…

Port St. Lucie caps residential fences at eight feet measured from finished grade. Decorative fencing in front of the…

Unincorporated Santa Rosa County allows fences in RR-1, R-1, R-1A and R-1M districts: up to 8 feet on rear/side lines…

The City of Sarasota, Florida caps fences, walls, and front-yard hedges at six and one-half feet in every zone…

Fences in the City of Satellite Beach top out at six feet under City Code Section 30-516(b), with a bonus of one inch…

LDC Sec. 30.14.19(k)-(n) requires fences to be uniform in construction, design, material, color and pattern, kept in…

St. Lucie County LDC 8.00.04.A sets the baseline: fences must be permitted, meet the Florida Building Code, be built in…

Side and rear yard fences in unincorporated St. Johns County can reach six to eight feet depending on grade changes…

St. Petersburg caps a residential side, street-side, or rear yard privacy fence or wall at six feet, ten feet for a…

Sunrise caps residential fences at 4 feet in the front yard (set back 3 feet from the sidewalk) and 6 feet in rear and…

Tallahassee treats any fence under four feet tall as a code violation under LDC § 3-401, alongside barbed wire and…

Tampa caps fences at 6 feet along residential-adjacent property lines and 8 feet elsewhere in most zoning districts…

Titusville's Land Development Regulations cap residential fence height at four feet in any required front yard and six…

Volusia County limits residential fences to six feet in side and rear yards, four feet in front yards, and three feet…

Residential fences and walls in West Palm Beach are capped at six feet in side and rear setbacks and 48 inches in the…

Winter Haven caps fence and wall height by zoning district under Unified Land Development Code Section 21-68(d)(1)…

Zephyrhills regulates fences under LDC Section 7.06.00 and Ordinance 1393-19. Front yard fences cannot exceed 4 feet…

Marion County's Land Development Code does not set a numeric maximum fence height for residential property in…

In unincorporated Okaloosa County, fences may reach eight feet in any zoning district and can sit on the property line…

In Davie's 'E' District lakefront lots, the town may issue a special fencing permit allowing a fence beyond the…

Along Leon County's protected canopy roads, you can't just repair or maintain an existing fence: the Land Development…

Boca Raton requires a building permit to erect or replace a fence of any height, per Sec. 19-66, and a separate written…

Unincorporated Brevard requires a construction permit before building or majorly repairing a fence, with plans reviewed…

Broward County caps fences on residential lots at six feet, eight feet next to commercial or industrial land, bans…

Every fence or wall built in Cape Coral needs a City permit before construction starts, under Land Development Code…

Cocoa requires a building permit before any fence or wall is erected, constructed, installed or replaced anywhere in…

Fences and walls are permitted uses in every zoning district, but a Collier County building permit (Fence/Wall…

Coral Gables requires a building permit before installing or repairing a fence, with plans reviewed by the City…

Daytona Beach treats a fence as a "structure" under its Land Development Code, so building a fence requires a Building…

Deltona requires a permit before building or installing any fence or wall, backed by a certified survey; fences over…

Doral requires a permit before erecting any wall or fence under City Code Section 74-214, and vision-obscuring walls…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, a building permit is required before erecting any fence or wall valued over…

A building permit is required to erect, alter, or replace a fence or wall in Fort Lauderdale, obtained through the…

Fort Myers requires an application for a fence permit before installing a fence or wall, capping height at six feet in…

Gainesville's Land Development Code requires a building permit before anyone builds a wall on private property, with…

Gulfport requires a permit before building any fence. Sec. 7-3(a) makes anyone wanting to construct a fence disclose…

Hernando County requires a zoning permit for residential fences before installation, and all fence construction must…

In Hialeah's industrial zoning districts, the city will not issue a building permit for a fence or wall between…

Highlands County treats fences, walls and hedges as regulated accessory structures under Sec. 12.05.306, capping…

Homestead requires a permit before erecting any fence in a zoned area of the city. City Code Section 6-206 puts the…

Jacksonville caps residential fences at 8 feet and front-yard fences at 4 feet unless a taller front fence gets site…

A fence or wall enclosing a permitted use on Jupiter property, other than a primary agricultural use, has to go through…

Kissimmee requires a building permit to erect any fence or wall anywhere in the city, per Land Development Code §…

Under the Florida Building Code adopted in Lake County Code Sec. 6-22, wood, chain-link, vinyl or non-masonry metal…

Land Development Code section 34-1742(a) requires a building permit for any fence or wall over 25 inches in height…

Most fences in unincorporated Manatee County require a building permit, but fences for agricultural uses on…

In unincorporated Marion County a building permit is generally not required for a residential fence 6 feet or less, but…

Melbourne requires a building permit before any fence or wall goes up, under Sec. 9.48, and the application must meet…

Miami 21 caps front-yard fences at four feet (six feet for open iron or aluminum pickets) and side/rear fences at eight…

Miami-Dade County requires a building permit before erecting any wall or fence in unincorporated Miami-Dade (UMSA)…

Miramar requires a permit before any fence, wall, or landscaping goes into a utility easement, and Section 505.8 layers…

New Port Richey requires a fence permit from the development department before building, erecting, or installing any…

North Port skips permitting for fences six feet or shorter on one- and two-family lots, but taller fences and walls of…

Standard wood, chain-link, vinyl, and wrought-iron fences up to eight feet need no building permit in unincorporated…

One- and two-family fences six feet or less don't need a Building Safety permit in unincorporated Orange County, but…

Osceola County's Land Development Code requires fences to comply with siting and material standards, and the property…

Most new fences and walls in Palm Bay need Building Official plan review and a permit before construction, though small…

Palm Beach County requires a construction permit for every residential fence built in unincorporated areas, with fee…

Pasco County does not usually require a building permit for fences built entirely of chain link, wood, PVC, or…

In unincorporated Pinellas County, residential fences are capped at 6 feet in side and rear yards (8 feet for…

Plantation requires a building permit before any fence or wall goes up, whether it's a backyard chain-link fence or a…

No permit is needed for a standard opaque fence up to eight feet in unincorporated Polk County. A building permit…

Port Orange requires a development permit before any fence goes up, even though erecting a fence on an…

A building permit is required before you install a fence in Port St. Lucie; the residential fee is $65.00, or $51.00…

No fence permit is required in the unincorporated areas of Santa Rosa County. Fences must still comply with the Land…

In unincorporated Sarasota County, chain-link, wood, or vinyl residential fences meeting the Zoning Regulations may be…

In the City of Satellite Beach, City Code Section 30-519 requires a permit to build more than 24 feet of new permanent…

Seminole County LDC Sec. 30.14.19(a) requires a building permit to erect, replace, or make major repairs to any fence…

Yes, a permit is required before building a fence in unincorporated St. Lucie County and in Port St. Lucie. County LDC…

St. Petersburg charges a building permit fee for masonry fences and walls under City Code § 12-6, $150.00 up to 300…

Sunrise requires a building permit for every new or replacement fence. Fences must be built to the Florida Building…

Tampa lets you build a fence up to seven feet without pulling a permit, but taller fences fall under Sec. 5-105.2's…

Titusville requires a building permit before constructing any new fence or wall inside city limits. Sec. 6-56(c) of the…

Volusia County requires a fence and/or building permit for most residential fences and walls, but chain link, wood and…

Every fence, wall or hedge in West Palm Beach must go through zoning clearance and a building permit before it goes up…

Winter Haven requires a City permit for every wall regardless of height and for any permanent fence over six feet…

Zephyrhills requires permits for all new and replaced fences. Applications require a plot plan showing water meters…

A light-frame fence up to ten feet high is exempt from a building permit in unincorporated Escambia County under Sec…

In unincorporated Hillsborough County, a fence needs no zoning or building permit under LDC § 6.07.01.C, but a wall…

In unincorporated Nassau County, most residential fences and privacy walls up to 7 feet tall are exempt from a building…

Bay County does not require a permit to build a fence in the unincorporated county, though the Section 1305…

Florida's one statewide fence statute, §588.011, defines a legal fence as at least 3 feet high with three strands of…

Unincorporated Brevard County requires every fence owner to keep their fence from becoming dilapidated or structurally…

A fence may sit on the lot line, but no part (including the footing) may cross onto a neighbor's property or…

In Deltona, homeowners are responsible for maintaining their own fences, walls, and hedges, and must install fences…

Escambia County LDC § 5-9.4(b) lets fences go to the street right-of-way and to common (shared) property lines, but no…

Jacksonville's Property Maintenance Code puts the upkeep of every fence, including one on a shared property line, on…

Lake County's LDR allows a fence to be placed directly on the property line (LDR 3.02.05.I). The county sets no…

Lee County's fence rules govern where a fence goes rather than who pays for it. No fence may sit in a street…

Manatee County's LDC governs fence height and placement, but it does not assign fence ownership or cost-sharing between…

Building a wall on a shared property line in unincorporated Miami-Dade requires the neighbor's consent before you…

Osceola County's LDC makes the fence owner responsible for correctly locating all property lines before building. The…

Pembroke Pines puts fence upkeep on whichever owner's property the fence sits on, not a shared neighbor obligation…

In Plantation's residential zoning districts, a fence or wall built at a shared property line must sit right on that…

Polk County requires that on corner or double-frontage lots no fence be placed within the clear visibility triangle…

Port St. Lucie requires every fence to sit inside the owner's own property line, on the plat the city adopted, under…

The county's LDC sets fence height and placement but does not decide who owns or pays for a shared boundary fence. Rear…

Seminole County sets no boundary-fence cost-sharing rule; that is a private matter under Florida law. LDC 30.14.19(j)…

In Port St. Lucie all fences must be erected inside the property line as shown on the recorded plat, and the owner is…

When a fence, wall or hedge sits on a St. Petersburg property line, Section 16.40.040.5.F.2 makes the owner or occupant…

Volusia County requires every fence or wall to show its finished side, not exposed posts or framing, to the neighboring…

Florida has no statute making a neighbor split a boundary fence's cost, so cost-sharing in Hernando County is…

Florida has no shared fence-cost law, so each Sunrise owner pays for their own fence. Sunrise Code Sec. 16-191(d)(7)…

A retaining wall built inside one of Homestead's regulated floodways cannot go up on fill alone. City Code Section…

Orlando has no general citywide retaining-wall height or permit ordinance, but City Code § 63.231.1(c) specifically…

A retaining wall in a Boca Raton floodway is not just a fence question, it is a floodplain permit question. City Code…

Cape Coral treats most retaining walls as walls under Land Development Code Section 5.2.7, meaning no retaining wall…

Charlotte County sets no blanket height cap on retaining walls, but any retaining wall placed in a regulated floodway…

Citrus County's stormwater code requires a fence at the top of any retaining wall over two feet high next to a…

Collier County's LDC has no separate retaining-wall ordinance. Walls fall under the same fence and wall height rules of…

Coral Gables requires every retaining wall or bulkhead built in the city to be constructed of masonry or native stone…

In Dade City, Pasco County, Florida, a retaining wall falls under the Land Development Regulations' fencing article…

In the Town of Davie's Griffin Road Corridor District, a retaining wall used to transition a landscape buffer to…

Retaining walls in Deltona must meet Florida Building Code standards, honor accessory-structure setbacks, clear a…

Any retaining wall in Doral needs a permit before it goes up. Section 74-214 requires permits for all walls and fences…

In Escambia County a retaining wall over 4 feet tall (measured from the bottom of the footing to the top) needs a…

Retaining walls that place fill inside a Fort Myers regulated floodway must meet the no-rise floodway encroachment…

A retaining wall, sidewalk or driveway that involves placing fill inside a regulated floodway in unincorporated…

Gainesville allows retaining walls on private property as long as they do not disrupt the natural flow of surface water…

Gulfport's only retaining-wall standard sits in the seawall chapter: Sec. 6-38 requires seawalls, bulkheads and…

Hollywood bars anyone from building, altering or repairing a retaining wall on land next to a canal, lake or other…

Building or replacing a retaining wall in Jacksonville requires a building permit under Ordinance Code Section 320.401…

Kissimmee exempts retaining walls from its standard three-foot front-yard wall height cap, but every retaining wall…

Lake County adopts the Florida Building Code (Sec. 6-22): a retaining wall on single-family residential property two…

A retaining wall over 25 inches high needs a building permit under the Land Development Code. On the water, a retaining…

Any retaining wall higher than two feet built as part of a permitted development in unincorporated Leon County must be…

Retaining walls are structures subject to the Florida Building Code and Manatee County permitting; like fences and…

Any retaining wall in Melbourne needs a building permit before construction, the same as any other fence or wall under…

Miami requires any elevated or filled residential lot to be enclosed by a perimeter retaining wall at least 12 inches…

Miami-Dade County requires a retaining wall or equivalent feature whenever site grading raises a lot more than 1.5 feet…

Miramar doesn't set a citywide retaining wall height cap, but its Land Development Code does regulate retaining walls…

In unincorporated Nassau County, retaining walls up to 4 feet tall, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top…

New Port Richey limits masonry retaining walls built into residential fences to one-third of the fence's height, with…

North Port requires a Certificate of Zoning Compliance and building permit for any seawall, bulkhead, or retaining wall…

Any bulkhead or retaining wall built in unincorporated Okaloosa County must be designed by a professional engineer…

Freestanding walls in Palm Bay, including retaining walls built outside the building lines, are capped at 4 feet in…

In unincorporated Palm Beach County, a fence or wall built along a retaining wall on a Single Family lot can gain extra…

Any seawall, bulkhead or retaining wall built or altered on or next to Pinellas County waters, other than the open…

Plantation requires a City building permit before any seawall, bulkhead or retaining wall that creates a vertical drop…

Polk County treats walls like fences under LDC Section 210: no wall may impede drainage on or adjacent to the site…

Stacking a fence on top of a retaining wall or berm in Pompano Beach does not let the combined structure exceed the…

Port St. Lucie regulates retaining walls only where they sit in a mapped regulatory floodway. Sec. 152.16(c) ties…

In Santa Rosa County, a retaining wall that holds back more than 48 inches of unbalanced fill, or one over 24 inches…

A retaining wall taller than four feet built alongside a Sarasota County swimming pool needs engineered drawings, not…

Seminole County has no separate retaining-wall ordinance; walls are regulated under the same fence-and-wall provision…

St. Lucie County regulates walls alongside fences under LDC 8.00.04: walls must be built of conventional materials such…

St. Petersburg caps most retaining walls at 18 inches above grade under the zoning encroachment table, and requires a…

Sumter County does not set a blanket retaining wall height or permit rule; the only quotable standard applies to…

Retaining walls in Tallahassee cannot exceed 15 feet in height, and any wall two feet or taller needs a building…

Tampa exempts retaining walls up to four feet from the general building permit, but that break disappears the moment…

Inside Titusville's shoreline protection setback along the Indian River Lagoon and other Class II and III waters…

Volusia County caps retaining wall height at the same yard limits that apply to fences, measured from existing grade on…

Retaining walls in Winter Haven must sit at least five feet back from the property line under Unified Land Development…

Alachua County does not cap retaining wall height or require a general permit in its land development code. Section…

Cocoa doesn't set a citywide retaining-wall height or permit rule outside flood-hazard land, but inside a regulated…

Daytona Beach doesn't cap retaining wall height outright, but Land Development Code Section 6.8.E requires any…

When a fence sits within five feet of a retaining wall on a St. Johns County residential lot, the two structures…

Hialeah Code Sec. 98-2123 bans barbed wire fences outright in every residential zoning district, and Sec. 98-2122…

Homestead bans electric fences citywide and prohibits razor wire, glass, nails, and other dangerous materials on any…

Barbed wire fencing is banned in Palm Bay's residential districts and allowed only on land zoned General Commercial…

In residential areas of unincorporated Pasco County, gates, fences, and walls that are electrified or built of…

Port Orange, Florida bans barbed wire, razor wire, or similar material outright on any residential fence or wall, and…

Boca Raton allows barbed wire outriggers on security fences only along district boundaries where business, commercial…

Cape Coral bans barbed wire, spire tips, sharp objects, and electrically charged fencing on residential property under…

Charlotte County bans electric fences and barbed wire on residential lots outside a narrow set of exceptions. Electric…

Dade City, Pasco County, Florida bans barbed wire and above-ground electrified fences in every zone district except the…

In Davie's AG, A-1 and R-1 Rural Lifestyle area, fences are limited to just four approved styles, split rail…

Daytona Beach bans barbed wire fencing everywhere except industrial zoning districts under Land Development Code…

Deltona bans razor wire, barbed wire, chicken wire, and electric fencing in residential zoning districts, with one…

Doral bans barbed wire fencing everywhere except business and industrial districts under City Code Section 74-221, and…

In unincorporated Flagler County, Florida, barbed wire and electrically charged fences are banned in every district…

Barbed wire and razor wire fencing is prohibited in every residential zoning district in Gainesville under LDC §…

Gulfport bans barbed wire fencing citywide except in C-1 and C-2 business districts, and bans electrified fences in…

Hollywood's zoning code bans barbed wire and similar sharp fencing materials in every zoning district except the city's…

Melbourne bans barbed wire, concertina wire, razor wire and electrically charged fencing citywide under Sec. 9.47, with…

Miami 21 bans broken glass, projecting nails, coiled razor wire and spikes on any fence or wall citywide. Barbed wire…

Nassau County treats a low-voltage electric fence as a permitted alarm system under Section 105.17 of the adopted…

In unincorporated Orange County, Sec. 38-1408 bars barbed wire, razor wire and electrically charged fencing on any…

Orlando treats barbed wire, razor wire and electrified fencing as "security fences," which are banned citywide except…

Unincorporated Palm Beach County bans electrified fencing and dangerous materials like barbed wire, broken glass, and…

Pembroke Pines bans barbed wire and barbed-wire-topped fencing on residential property citywide, except in the…

Plantation prohibits barbed wire on residential and most other fences citywide, along with razor wire and any…

Pompano Beach bans barbed wire, razor wire, concertina wire, and aboveground electrified fencing in every zoning…

City Code Section 30-518 in the City of Satellite Beach prohibits barbed-wire fences, electric fences, and any fence…

St. Petersburg's Fence, Wall and Hedge Regulations flatly prohibit barbed wire on any residential use, any mixed-use…

Tampa's zoning code bans broken glass on any fence citywide and treats electric fencing, barbed wire, and razor wire as…

Volusia County bans barbwire and electric fencing across every standard residential zoning classification, from R-1…

West Palm Beach prohibits barbed wire, electrical elements or other hazardous materials on any fence or wall in a…

Unincorporated Brevard limits fences to wood, non-corrodible metal wire, ornamental iron, or PVC, and bans barbed and…

In Central County Community neighborhoods, Broward bans chain-link, solid wood, solid concrete, and solid block…

Fences in Citrus County's residential districts can't be barbed wire or electrified unless the property has an…

Clearwater bans anyone from building or repairing a barbed wire fence next to a street, alley or sidewalk under City…

Cocoa's fence code bans broken glass, razor wire, chicken wire, corrugated or sheet metal, plastic slats, scrap metal…

Single-family homeowners in unincorporated Collier County may use most fence materials, including chain link and wood…

Coral Gables limits fences and walls to a fixed list of approved materials, from coral rock and stuccoed block to…

Escambia County's Land Development Code names seven approved fence materials for residential lots: masonry, chain link…

Fort Lauderdale ULDR Section 47-19.5 prohibits barbed wire on residential and most property (with narrow industrial and…

Fort Myers bans barbed and electric wire outside industrial districts, prohibits razor wire citywide except at…

Hernando County's Fence Code bans electric, barbed-wire, razor-wire, chicken-wire, and scrap or sheet-metal fences in…

Jacksonville outlaws barbed wire on any fence fronting a street or sidewalk, and bans electrified fencing around…

Jupiter's Town Code bars any fence, wall, hedge or similar barrier in a residential district from containing broken…

Kissimmee limits fences to specific materials, aluminum, treated wood, vinyl, iron, chain link, concrete, brick or…

Lake County's LDR sets no general residential fence material restriction. Material only affects permitting…

Lee County requires fences and walls built of conventional and traditional materials: concrete block, brick, wood…

Manatee County bars broken glass, spikes, and similar materials on fences. Barbed wire is limited to A and A-1…

Martin County bans fences and walls built with broken glass, spikes, exposed nails, barbed wire or electrified elements…

In unincorporated Miami-Dade County, known as the UMSA, wire and chain link fences are allowed in every zoning…

Section 505.8 bans barbed wire and similar material on any fence or wall inside a Miramar residential district, no…

New Port Richey bans barbed wire, electric fence components, corrugated or sheet aluminum, bare wire, and unencased…

North Port limits fences and walls to masonry, ornamental metal, wood, approved composites, vinyl-coated black or green…

Okaloosa County requires fences in every zoning district to use customary materials such as wood, metal, wire, or…

Osceola County requires fences to be built of durable, uniform, weather-resistant, and rust-proofed materials, and to…

In unincorporated Pinellas County, a fence or wall must be built from a standard material listed in Code Section…

Polk County bars corrugated or sheet metal and any scrap or offensive material for fences. In residential districts…

Residential fences in Port St. Lucie must be chain link steel wire (6-9 gauge), aluminum, vinyl coated steel, polyester…

Common materials such as wood, vinyl, aluminum and 14-gauge galvanized chain-link are allowed in Santa Rosa County…

City of Sarasota bans razor wire, barbed wire, and coiled barbed wire on fences citywide except in designated…

Sarasota County Zoning Regulations Sec. 7.8 prohibits barbed wire and similar materials except where required by other…

LDC Sec. 30.14.19(i),(k) prohibits barbed-wire fences in residential districts (except for public-utility security) and…

Port St. Lucie Code 158.216(A) bans chicken wire and barbed wire fences in residential districts. Masonry or stone…

Unincorporated St. Johns County bans chain link and barbed wire fencing in the required front yard of the Palm Valley…

Sunrise allows wood (not plywood), PVC, composite, and decorative metal fences. Chain-link is single-family only and…

Tallahassee's fence ordinance bans barbed wire on residential fences, wood or metal sheeting not built for fencing, and…

Titusville's Land Development Regulations limit fences and walls to wood, aluminum, wrought iron, vinyl, brick or other…

Winter Haven bans razor wire, barbed wire, broken glass and electrically charged wire on fences citywide under Unified…

Hillsborough County lets residential fences use common materials like chain link, masonry, wood or PVC, as long as the…

Marion County's Land Development Code imposes no general material restriction on residential fences in unincorporated…