Fence Regulations in Indiana (2026)

Allen County requires a permit, a site plan, and compliance with height, setback, and corner-visibility standards…

Anderson's Zoning Guide allows fences, latticework screens, hedges, or walls up to seven feet high in a required side…

The City of Bloomington's Unified Development Ordinance caps fences and walls behind the front building wall at eight…

In unincorporated Boone County, Indiana, fences under six feet do not need an improvement location permit under Boone…

Beyond height, Carmel UDO Section 5.09 requires a permit, at least 25% openness for residential front-yard fences…

A privacy fence in unincorporated Clark County is capped at eight feet under the code's definition, cannot block a…

Evansville caps fence height by yard type: 3 feet on a corner lot's front yards, 4 feet on other front yards, 6 feet on…

Fishers regulates fence height by location under Unified Development Ordinance Sec. 6.18.2. A fence in a required…

In Gary's residential (R) zoning districts, Municipal Code § 123-333(e)(1) caps open mesh fences at six feet in side…

Greenwood's Unified Development Ordinance caps front-yard fencing at four feet and general fence height at six feet…

Hammond's fence code, § 150.127, caps front-yard fences at 4 feet and limits them to Class A, B or E styles; side-yard…

Indianapolis caps structural barriers (fences, walls, hedges) at 6 feet in height in residential dwelling districts…

Unincorporated Lake County fences must stay out of street rights-of-way and off corner-lot visibility triangles. On…

LaPorte County caps fences separating properties at six feet, six inches from natural ground level under § 151.42(A)…

In the City of Muncie, Sec. 150.21 of the zoning code lets fences, walls, and hedges reach eight feet in side and rear…

Residential fence height in the City of Noblesville depends on which yard it sits in. Section 159.121(D)(5)(c) caps…

Porter County's residential fence rule, UDO Section 5.16 (FW-02), caps front-yard fences and walls at 3 feet and side…

Residential fence height in St. Joseph County depends on location and openness: 36 or 48 inches in front yards, six…

Tippecanoe County's Unified Zoning Ordinance caps fences and hedges at 42 inches with no setback restriction anywhere…

County zoning caps fences, walls, and hedges within required yard setbacks at three feet on front yards of corner lots…

In unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana, a fence, wall, or hedge in a front yard cannot rise above four feet, while the…

A fence that exceeds Gary's by-right height limit needs board of zoning appeals approval first. In business districts…

A fence permit (DPS Administrative FEN application) is required in unincorporated Allen County. The fee is $50…

Anderson requires an Improvement Location Permit (ILP) before any structure, including a fence, is placed or erected…

Carmel UDO Section 5.09(A) requires an Improvement Location Permit before installing any new fence, except for exempted…

Evansville requires an improvement location permit from the Area Plan Commission before erecting a fence, with the…

Anyone installing or building a fence in the City of Hammond, Indiana, whether a contractor or a homeowner, must obtain…

Indianapolis regulates fences through the Dwelling Districts Zoning Ordinance rather than a standalone fence permit; a…

In unincorporated Lake County, erecting a fence is exempt from site plan review, but fences must still comply with UDO…

The City of Muncie's Right-of-Way Use and Occupancy Ordinance makes it unlawful to construct a fence within a public…

No fence goes up in the City of Noblesville without a permit first. Section 159.121(D)(5)(e) of the Unified Development…

Porter County requires an approved Improvement Location Permit (Fence) before erecting a residential fence or wall…

Vanderburgh County requires an Improvement Location Permit before any structure, including a fence, is erected in the…

Boone County doesn't require a building permit for a residential fence under five feet tall; § 151.35 exempts it, along…

St. Joseph County exempts farm fences from its improvement location permit process entirely, so long as the fence still…

Fishers does NOT require a building permit to build a fence or wall. UDO Sec. 6.18.1 states plainly that walls and…

Hendricks County's Building Code subchapter explicitly excludes fences from its permit scope. Section 150.38 applies…

Wayne County's Building Code, Chapter 151, does not apply to fences in unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana, so no…

Indiana Code 32-26-9 governs partition fences between adjoining rural property owners, requiring shared cost and…

Allen County sets fence placement by setback and corner-visibility rules rather than a shared-cost mandate. On a corner…

On corner lots, only open fences are permitted in the yard area between the streets and the building line, and vision…

Evansville assigns boundary-fence responsibility by house number: the post-side owner must maintain the front half of…

Under Fishers UDO Sec. 6.18.2(C), a fence's non-structural side (posts and beams) must face outward toward the property…

Unincorporated Lake County does not set a private good-neighbor or 'finished side out' rule, but its UDO makes property…

In unincorporated Allen County, a retaining wall up to 3 feet in height above adjoining grade may sit in the required…

Anderson's Zoning Guide lists retaining walls as an accessory use permitted in any required front, side, or rear yard…

Carmel's UDO lists retaining walls as an accessory use permitted in any required front, side, or rear yard (Section…

Evansville limits retaining-wall fences around junk or coal yards to 6 feet, or 9 feet with neighbor consent, under…

Fishers' UDO sets no separate height table for retaining walls, but carves them out of the waterway rule: a retaining…

Indianapolis requires retaining walls over six feet tall to be terraced in landscaped tiers, capped at three tiers, to…

The Lake County UDO treats walls like fences for height and location, but requires walls to be opaque and built of…

Retaining walls in the City of Noblesville split into two tiers under § 159.121: walls 47 inches or less are exempt…

Porter County requires an Improvement Location Permit before building any residential fence or wall, but a landscape or…

Vanderburgh County requires any retaining wall six feet or taller to be designed by an Indiana-licensed engineer or…

In the City of Bloomington, a retaining wall is exempt from the fence and wall height limits in the Unified Development…

Hammond ties retaining-wall height to its fence limits: § 150.130 measures a fence built on top of a retaining wall…

In unincorporated Boone County, Indiana, retaining walls are on the county's own list of exempt accessory structures…

In the City of Bloomington, it is unlawful to erect, build, or maintain a barbed wire fence anywhere in the city under…

Code § 150.129 bans barbed wire, any other sharp-pointed fencing, and electrically charged fencing outright in every…

Indianapolis prohibits barbed wire, razor wire, and similarly dangerous wire as part of a structural barrier in…

Barbed wire, electric, and razor wire fencing are locked out of residential yards across unincorporated St. Joseph…

Evansville bans barbed wire and razor wire on street-facing and shared boundary fences, allowing them only on tall…

In Gary's business districts, Municipal Code § 123-333(e)(1)d bans any fence or wall containing barbed wire in the…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, residential front-yard fences must be decorative wood, brick, iron, stone or coated…

Noblesville bans certain fence materials outright, but only on non-residential property. Section 159.121(D)(6)(h) of…

Vanderburgh County bars barbed wire, razor wire and electrically charged fences on ordinary residential property…

Allen County allows fences built of customarily used materials: chain link, split rail, split rail with welded wire…

In side and rear yards, Anderson permits fences, latticework screens, hedges, or walls up to seven feet without…

Fishers' UDO does not publish an approved-materials list for fences, so common materials, wood, vinyl, aluminum…

Lafayette bans barbed wire on any fence shorter than eight feet. Taller fences can carry no more than three strands…

Where the Lake County UDO requires a fence for screening, it must be opaque and made of commonly used fencing material…

Porter County's residential fence standard, UDO Section 5.16 (FW-02), bans barbed wire, razor wire, security wire…

Clark County's zoning definitions limit what a privacy fence can be built from: Section 156.05 allows wood, painted…

Carmel's UDO does not mandate a single fence material, but it shapes choices by context: residential front-yard fences…