Fence Regulations in Minnesota (2026)

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a boundary fence on a residential lot is held to 3½ feet, with eight-foot…

In the City of Blaine, Sec. 129-8(f) sets fence height limits for single- and two-family residential lots: four feet in…

Unincorporated Blue Earth County caps fences under section 24-302(g): six feet in side and rear yards and 42 inches in…

Residential fences in Brooklyn Park top out at eight feet, six inches under City Code § 152.1010(A)(4). Anything taller…

Boundary line fences on unincorporated Carver County land cap at seven feet under Code § 152.029. Height is measured…

In the City of Coon Rapids a fence needs no building permit up to seven feet, but where it can stand depends on the…

Dakota County MN has no countywide fence-height ordinance. Each city sets its own limits under Minn. Stat. 462.357…

In the City of Duluth, a fence between the house and the front property line can't top four feet, or six feet if it's…

Eagan caps residential fences at six feet in side and rear yards and 42 inches in front yards under City Code § 11.70…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.76, Subdivision 2 caps every fence at 7 feet in height, whichever yard…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, City Code § 11-21-5(F) caps residential fences at six feet, allowing up to eight…

Maple Grove caps residential yard fences at six feet and bars them from crossing the front yard setback line, though…

Minneapolis limits fences to four feet in front and corner side yards, six feet along rear and interior side yards, and…

In the City of Minnetonka, Hennepin County, Minnesota, Minnetonka City Code § 300.15, subd. 9 lets fences occupy any…

In the City of Plymouth, fence height is set by City Code Section 21130.01: fences up to 6.5 feet tall with 6-foot…

All fences in Saint Paul must be on the owner's property and kept in good repair. Sec. 60.209 sets zoning rules…

In unincorporated Scott County, Zoning Ordinance No. 3 caps fences at six feet in Rural Residential, Residential…

Stearns County's zoning ordinance caps residential fences at six feet under Section 7.12.1.A, but a fence inside the…

Washington County caps fence height inside its Shoreland and St. Croix River Overlay Districts. Solid walls over 4 feet…

Woodbury caps residential fences at six feet on rear and side lot lines, only four feet forward of the front corner of…

Olmsted County regulates fences in unincorporated areas through its Chapter 1400 Zoning Ordinance, administered by the…

Brooklyn Park does not require a permit for an ordinary residential fence, but § 152.1010(A)(3)(b) requires Police and…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, no one can build a fence, wall or similar barrier taller than seven feet…

In the City of Blaine, Sec. 129-8(c) requires a building-official permit before any fence is erected or substantially…

Most fences in unincorporated Carver County go up without a permit, but § 152.029 requires one the moment a fence…

In the City of Duluth, any fence taller than four feet needs an approved zoning permit before construction, and no…

In the City of Eagan, City Code Sec. 11.70, Subd. 16 requires every fence to meet the safety and appearance rules in…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, most fences need zoning administrator approval under City Code § 11-21-5(A), while…

In the City of Plymouth, no one may erect, alter or relocate a fence or wall without a permit under City Code Section…

All fences in Saint Paul require a plan review and permit from DSI. The base fee is $45 for the first 200 lineal feet…

Washington County requires a Certificate of Compliance before any fence goes up on a lake or river frontage lot in its…

Coon Rapids does not require a building permit for a fence up to seven feet tall, but every fence still has to meet the…

Woodbury's fence article does not set up a general fence permit system. The one permit it requires is a special use…

Minnesota's partition fence law, Minn. Stat. chapter 344, makes adjoining landowners build and maintain a boundary…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, a boundary fence must sit entirely on the private property of the person…

Minnesota's partition-fence law, Minn. Stat. Ch. 344, splits line-fence costs between adjoining owners, but only where…

Blue Earth County's zoning ordinance settles boundary-fence disputes before they start. Section 24-302(g) requires a…

When Carver County property owners share a boundary line, § 152.029 puts the burden of placement on the fence-builder…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, City Code § 11-21-5(B) puts the burden of verifying property lines on the fence…

Maple Grove requires a fence to sit entirely on the builder's own property unless the neighbor agrees in writing to let…

Minneapolis fence owners must locate the property line themselves before building, face the finished side of the fence…

Minnesota's partition-fence law, Chapter 344, makes adjoining owners of livestock land share a division fence in equal…

Between Wright County farm parcels, Minnesota's partition-fence law (Chapter 344) makes adjoining livestock owners…

In the City of Plymouth, if your rear lot line is shared with a neighbor's side lot line, City Code Section 21130.01…

Washington County lets property owners in its overlay districts build a fence right along the property line, but only…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, § 153.60 of the Code of Ordinances caps retaining walls and terrace contours at…

In the City of Blaine, Sec. 129-7 requires any retaining wall to appear on the landscape plan submitted with a site…

Retaining walls citywide cannot block drainage to neighboring properties or sit inside an easement under City Code §…

Within the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area's bluff and water quality impact zones, Coon Rapids caps…

In the City of Duluth, a new retaining wall visible from a street or a neighboring property must be terraced if it's…

In the City of Eagan, retaining wall work authorized by a building permit must reach completion within 180 days of…

In the City of Eden Prairie, a retaining wall under four feet tall and twenty-five feet long that does not change…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, any modular block retaining wall built as part of a subdivision grading plan must…

Minneapolis allows a retaining wall in a required front, interior side, or rear yard when the wall retains natural…

In the City of Minnetonka, Minnesota, a retaining wall cannot be within 25 feet of a wetland unless it is needed to…

In the City of Plymouth, any retaining wall over four feet high, or a tiered wall needing a building permit, must have…

Retaining walls over 4 feet tall in Saint Paul require a building permit and engineered plans. Only segmental block…

Retaining walls in Stearns County's Shoreland Overlay District need a shoreland alteration permit under Ordinance 439…

Woodbury exempts a retaining wall built under a valid building permit from the separate land disturbance permit only…

In the City of Blaine, Sec. 129-8(e) of the zoning ordinance bans electric fences on residential and business property…

City Code § 152.1010(A)(5) bans electric, concertina, barbed wire, and chicken wire fencing outright on residential…

Saint Paul bans barbed wire fencing on or near any residential lot and prohibits aboveground electric fences citywide…

In the City of Apple Valley, Minnesota, barbed wire fences are not permitted in any district except agricultural unless…

In the City of Duluth, front-yard fences can't be chain link, electrically charged, barbed or razor wire, or temporary…

Eagan bans barbed wire fencing outside non-residential zoning districts and limits above-ground electric boundary…

In the City of Eden Prairie, City Code Section 9.76, Subdivision 3 bans fences made of razor wire, barbed wire, chicken…

In the City of Lakeville, Minnesota, City Code § 11-21-5(C) bars barbed-end security fences citywide and limits…

Maple Grove bans barbed wire and electric fences on most residential lots, permitting them only on farms or…

In the City of Plymouth, barbed wire, electrically charged fencing and razor wire are not allowed outright: City Code…

Barbed wire and electric fencing are outlawed in Woodbury's platted areas under City Code section 6-145. Commercial…

In the City of Coon Rapids, section 11-1204.1(3) of the Zoning Code bans electric, barbed, and razor wire fencing…

Minneapolis bans electrically charged wire, razor wire, chicken wire, slatted chain link, rope, cable, railroad ties…