Fence Regulations in Oklahoma (2026)

Midwest City limits front and side yard fences to 4 feet with at least half the fence open to view, while rear yard…

Broken Arrow caps residential fences at 36 inches in any front yard for single-family and two-family homes, and…

Lawton caps a front-yard fence at 4 feet beyond the building limit line, allows up to 6 feet only in the P-F…

Norman caps side and rear yard fences at 8 feet and front-yard screening at 4 feet unless it sits behind the required…

Oklahoma City requires a permit from the Public Works Department before you build, alter, or repair any fence, and…

Tulsa caps fences at 4 feet in front street setbacks and 8 feet elsewhere on the lot, with corner-lot exceptions and a…

Edmond doesn't set a blanket yard fence height, but zoning bars fences, walls, and plantings between 3 and 7 feet tall…

Broken Arrow exempts fences up to 7 feet from a building permit: except fences abutting an arterial or collector…

Lawton requires a building permit to construct a new fence or wall, and for most modifications to an existing one…

Midwest City requires a permit before building any residential fence, with the fee set in the city's fee table; front…

Oklahoma City requires a permit from the Public Works Department before anyone builds, alters, repairs or services a…

Tulsa caps fences at 8 feet within side and rear setbacks and 4 feet in street setbacks, with a zoning clearance permit…

Norman exempts fences up to ten feet high from a building permit under its adopted building code amendments. A fence…

Oklahoma statute 60 O.S. Section 70 makes adjoining landowners equally bound to maintain the boundary fence between…

Retaining walls up to 4 feet tall are exempt from a Broken Arrow building permit; taller walls, or any wall holding…

Edmond requires engineered, sealed plans for retaining walls over 24 inches that resist lateral loads, or over 48…

Lawton requires a building permit to build a retaining wall unless it's landscaping-block material 30 inches or less…

Midwest City's subdivision ordinance requires retaining walls built within five feet of a property line to meet city…

Norman requires a permit for retaining walls, built to the City Engineering Design Criteria, with fees tiered at…

Oklahoma City requires a revocable permit from the City Engineer before a retaining wall sits on or across public land…

Tulsa requires a building permit and a licensed engineer's design for any retaining wall, and bars walls from extending…

Lawton City Code Section 6-1-5-182 bans anyone from building, erecting, or maintaining an electrical or barbed-wire…

Residential side and rear fences in Norman cannot be built from corrugated fiberglass, corrugated metal, or unpainted…

Tulsa's zoning code allows barbed-wire and razor-wire fencing by right only in AG, IL, IM, and IH districts; everywhere…

Broken Arrow bars chain link and wire mesh from any fence or wall its zoning ordinance requires, mandating opaque…

Midwest City residential fences must use wood, vinyl, metal slats, wrought iron, brick, stone, chain-link, or approved…

Oklahoma City limits front yard fences to four feet of open decorative material, chain-link, ornamental metal, picket…