Fence Regulations in Texas (2026)

Abilene's Land Development Code sets a sliding height scale for residential front-yard fences: an opaque fence, wall or…

Amarillo caps fence height by location relative to the required front yard: up to eight feet behind the front yard…

Arlington's Unified Development Code limits residential fences to 4 feet in front yards and 8 feet in side and rear…

Bryan caps residential yard fences at 36 inches within 25 feet of the street, six feet farther back, and eight feet…

Carrollton caps residential fences at eight feet in rear and side yards and 36 inches in front yards, where opacity…

Cedar Hill Sec. 4-302 allows 8-foot max behind front building line. Front yard fences limited to 3 feet decorative with…

Cedar Park caps residential fences at 8 feet in the rear and side setbacks, 3 feet in the front setback (up to 6 feet…

Celina caps residential fences at 8 feet, requires a permit for construction or repair, and sets a 15-foot corner-lot…

Corpus Christi requires fences in good repair with the finished side facing outward. Privacy fences need metal posts in…

Farmersville caps fence height at 40 inches in a required front yard and eight feet everywhere else, under City Code §…

Flower Mound Sec. 98-1142 (Ch. 98 Zoning, Div. 7 Fences and Walls) limits front yard fences to 4 feet in…

Fort Worth Zoning Ordinance §5.305 caps residential front-yard fences at 4 feet with open design (max 50% density), and…

Frisco limits residential fences to eight feet in the rear and side yard and forty-eight inches in the front yard…

Fulshear regulates fences through Appendix A (Zoning) and Chapter 8 Article II (Construction Standards). Residential…

In Georgetown, fences and walls built inside a corner's sight triangle cannot exceed three feet, measured from the…

Haltom City limits residential fences to 6 feet in rear and side yards and 4 feet in front yards. Corner lots have…

Harlingen caps solid front-yard fences at 40 inches for houses and duplexes, with taller solid fencing allowed at the…

Irving caps front-yard fences at 48 inches with at least 50% see-through visibility, while rear and side yards allow up…

Front yard fences in Killeen top out at 4 feet, or 6 feet for wrought iron, while side and rear yard fences reach 8…

League City Section 125-4.4.3 limits residential fence height to 8 feet in rear and side yards, and 4 feet in front…

Leander's zoning code defines a 'privacy fence' as an opaque fence at least six feet tall, with gaps no wider than a…

Lubbock fence height is capped at 4 feet in front yards and 8 feet in side and rear yards. Fences over 8 feet require a…

Mansfield requires fences to comply with the UDC on height, setback, easements, sight triangles, and finished-side…

New Braunfels caps fences and walls at eight feet everywhere, residential or not, but cuts that down sharply in front…

Perimeter fencing in Parker's single-family district cannot exceed six feet under City Code § 156.32(H)(1)(a), and most…

Pasadena allows residential fences up to 7 feet maximum under Sec. 9-3(1). Fences in front of the building setback line…

Pearland's Unified Development Code caps residential fences at 8 feet in side and rear yards and bars solid fencing…

In Pflugerville, fences and walls top out at six feet, rising to seven only where topography forces it and the…

Richardson caps residential fences at eight feet along rear and side property lines, but only three feet in the front…

Rockwall caps fence height at 2 feet inside the corner-lot visibility triangle to keep sightlines open for traffic.

Round Rock limits fence height to 6 feet in rear and side yards, and 4 feet in front yards. Zoning Code Ch. 8, Art. IV…

Rowlett caps fences at 36 inches in required front yards (both fronts on key lots) and eight feet in side or rear…

San Angelo sets fence height through its zoning ordinance, but the hard, enforced rule is the corner sight triangle…

San Antonio UDC §35-514 limits solid front-yard fences to 3 feet and open/decorative fences to 4–5 feet in front yards…

San Marcos bans fences on corner lots that block sightlines within a 20-foot triangle at the street intersection…

Sugar Land's Development Code regulates fence heights by location on the property. Residential fences are generally…

Taylor's 2024 Land Development Code caps fence height by lot layer under Section 5.8.5.4: four feet maximum in the…

Temple caps front-yard fences at 48 inches and rear/side fences at 8 feet, with a mandatory open design above 36 inches…

Fences and walls in Texarkana can't exceed eight feet once built behind the required front yard line, and corner lots…

The Woodlands Restrictive Covenants allow fences up to 8 feet with RDRC approval. Criteria for specific neighborhoods…

Tyler caps front-yard fences at 4 feet and requires them 50 percent open, while rear and side fences may reach 8 feet…

Victoria caps residential opaque fences at 8 feet, but only 3 feet if the fence sits in front of the front building…

Allen enforces a 25-foot sight visibility triangle at all corner lots and a smaller triangle at driveway approaches…

Austin City Code Chapter 25-2 allows residential fences up to 6 feet in side and rear yards and 4 feet in front yards…

Bellaire enforces comprehensive fence regulations covering setbacks, maintenance, visibility, and construction…

Brownsville's zoning code regulates fence heights. Front yard fences are typically limited to 4 feet, while side and…

College Station limits residential fences: typically 6 feet in rear/side, 4 feet in front yard. Corner lots have…

Collin County does not publish a sight triangle ordinance. TxDOT maintains clear zones along state roads. Common-law…

Residential fence heights in Converse are limited to 4 feet in front yards and 6-8 feet in side and rear yards. Corner…

Dallas Development Code Section 51A-4.602 limits residential fences to 4 feet in the front yard and 9 feet in the side…

Deer Park requires fences to be maintained in good repair and structurally sound. Fences must comply with setback…

Denton DDC Sec. 7.8 requires fences be structurally sound and maintained. Barbed wire prohibited in residential. Buffer…

El Paso Zoning Chapter 20 limits residential fences to 4 feet in front yards and 7 feet in side and rear yards. Corner…

Euless fence construction must meet Code Chapter 82: setbacks, 4 ft front and 8 ft rear height limits, sight-triangle…

Garland fences must be structurally sound, properly anchored, maintained in good repair, and built to code-allowed…

Grand Prairie requires permits for all new fences and replacements. Approved materials: wood, masonry, chain link, wood…

Grapevine fences must meet zoning setbacks, height limits, vision triangle rules, and HOA covenants. Residential fences…

Houston has no zoning-based height limit for backyard privacy fences. Build one over eight feet, though, and the Code…

Humble's zoning ordinance establishes general fence requirements including setbacks from property lines, maintenance…

Keller fences must meet setback, sight-triangle, easement, and zoning rules. Barbed wire and electric fences are banned…

La Porte's zoning ordinance in Chapter 106 regulates fence heights in residential areas. Front yard fences are limited…

Laredo allows 6-foot fences in side and rear yards and 4-foot fences in front yards under the Land Development Code…

Lewisville limits residential fences to 4 feet in front yards and 8 feet in side and rear yards under the zoning…

Residential fences in Live Oak are typically limited to 6 feet in rear and side yards and 3 to 4 feet in front yards…

Corner lots in McKinney must maintain a visibility triangle at intersections where fences, walls, and landscaping…

Mesquite fences must be structurally sound, properly maintained, set back from sidewalks, and not obstruct sight…

Missouri City's Zoning Ordinance Section 14 caps residential fences at 8 feet, with stricter limits for front yards…

North Richland Hills allows fences up to 8 feet in rear and side yards, and 4 feet in front yards. Corner lot sight…

Plano fences must meet setback, sight-triangle, easement, and zoning rules. Barbed wire and electric fences are banned…

Rosenberg does not impose a flat residential fence height cap because it has no traditional zoning, but any fence…

Stafford limits residential fence heights, with stricter rules along front yards and corner-lot sight triangles to…

Tomball's zoning ordinance establishes general fence standards including setbacks, maintenance, and visibility…

Universal City fences must meet zoning height limits, sight-triangle rules, permit requirements, and pool barrier…

Waco's zoning ordinance sets maximum fence heights in residential areas. Front yard fences are typically limited to 4…

Baytown does not have traditional zoning and does not impose citywide fence height limits through a zoning ordinance…

Bexar County does not regulate fence heights in unincorporated areas. The county confirms there are no zoning…

Conroe has no zoning code, so fence height limits are governed by building codes and deed restrictions rather than…

No county fence height restrictions. Texas counties cannot zone or regulate fence heights. No permit required for…

Unincorporated Denton County has no fence height ordinance. Property owners may build fences of any height on their own…

Fort Bend County does not regulate fence heights in unincorporated areas. The county has not adopted zoning ordinances…

Harris County has no fence height ordinance for unincorporated areas. Texas counties lack zoning authority to regulate…

Texas counties have no general zoning authority, so Hidalgo County sets no fence-height limit in unincorporated areas…

Katy's Code of Ordinances and Zoning Ordinance (Exhibit 14A) do not set a numeric maximum fence height for residential…

McAllen limits residential fences to 6 feet in rear and side yards, 4 feet in front. Properties near the US-Mexico…

Midland limits residential fences: typically 6 feet in rear/side, 4 feet in front yard. Corner lots have visibility…

Fence height limits in Mission are governed by Appendix A – Zoning. No statewide height preemption applies. Typical…

Tarrant County does not regulate residential fence heights in unincorporated areas. Texas counties lack general zoning…

Travis County imposes no fence height limits in unincorporated areas because TX counties cannot zone. Height is…

Celina requires a permit for nearly all residential fence work, plus city registration for installers, under the zoning…

San Marcos strikes the standard height exemption for fences, so a building permit is required to build a fence in the…

An Amarillo fence needs no building permit as long as it stays at 8 feet or under, the same ceiling the zoning code…

Arlington reviews every fence permit application against UDC Sec. 5.3.4.A.1, Single-Family and Two-Family Residential…

Baytown requires a building permit before anyone installs or erects a residential fence, under Sec. 18-1041 of the city…

Bellaire requires permits for fence construction and replacement through Development Services. A property survey is…

Bryan's zoning code caps residential fence height by setback: 36 inches within 25 feet of the street, 6 feet farther…

Carrollton requires a fence permit from the Development Services Department before anyone builds, replaces, or repairs…

Converse requires a building permit before any fence goes up, issued by the building inspector for a flat $25 fee.

All fences, walls and screening devices in Farmersville require a permit under City Code § 77-69(b)(10). For existing…

Fort Worth exempts most residential fences from a building permit, but only up to a specific height: the Building…

Frisco requires a fence permit from the building official before constructing, repairing, or replacing any fence, with…

No one may build a fence in Garland without first applying for and getting a City permit, under the Garland Development…

Grand Prairie requires a permit before most fences go up. Unified Development Code Article 8, Section 9 states that…

Harlingen caps front-yard fence height at 40 inches for solid designs and regulates rear and nonresidential fences by…

Houston requires code compliance review under Section 10-2 whenever a fence exceeds eight feet in height, adding a…

Irving requires a fence permit before anyone builds, repairs, or replaces a fence or any part of one, under Section…

Killeen requires a building permit from the building inspections division before erecting, moving, repairing or…

Laredo does not require a permit for an ordinary residential fence, but Sec. 24-79.2(7) requires a building permit…

Leander requires a building permit before erecting, altering or moving a fence anywhere in the city. Appendix A §…

Anyone hired to build, alter, or remove a fence in Lewisville must be a city-registered contractor under City Code §…

Lubbock's building code exempts fences from a building permit only while they stay at or under 7 feet high, under Code…

Midland requires a building permit before erecting a fence or wall in the front yard or a side yard adjacent to a…

Mission requires a building permit for new fences, charged at $0.15 per square foot under the city's building permit…

Most ordinary fences in New Braunfels do not need a building permit, but three kinds always do. Section 14-27, the…

Pearland requires a permit before repairing, rebuilding or constructing any residential fence where the materials and…

Plano requires a permit from the building inspections department before anyone builds, alters, or adds to a fence, with…

Richardson requires a fence permit from the building inspection department before building any fence over two and a…

Rockwall requires a building permit for every fence built in the city, with a final inspection by the building official…

Rowlett requires a building-inspection department permit before installing a fence or altering one, unless the work…

San Antonio requires a building permit before constructing or substantially replacing a residential fence, issued by…

Sugar Land requires a building permit before any fence is constructed, since fences are not on the residential code's…

Taylor does not require a permit for an ordinary yard fence, but Section 5.8.5.6 of the Land Development Code requires…

Temple requires a Building Permit, backed by a site plan and landscape plan, before any fence, wall, screen, or…

Texarkana caps fences at 8 feet behind the front-yard setback line and requires a building permit under Sec. 105-8…

Victoria caps residential fences at eight feet in rear and side yards, three feet in front yards, and bans plywood…

Any fence, wall or hedge that touches Waco's public right-of-way needs a permit first: Section 25-54(b) makes it…

Denton exempts fences from the Certificate of Appropriateness required for other exterior work in the Bell Avenue and…

El Paso doesn't require a building permit for a residential fence that stays within set height caps: forty-two inches…

Missouri City requires a fence permit for any fence taller than 7 feet and for masonry fences over 6 feet, while…

Parker does not require a standalone permit for an ordinary residential fence, but City Code § 156.32(H)(4) requires…

Pflugerville does not require a standalone building permit to install a residential fence up to seven feet tall, but…

Pharr requires a $5 fence permit from the planning director before you build any residential or commercial fence.

A residential fence in San Angelo needs no building permit unless it stands over seven feet, under the city's adopted…

Austin does not require permits for fences up to 7 feet that are not in a flood hazard area. Fences in flood zones…

Cedar Park exempts fences 8 feet or shorter from the building permit requirement under its locally amended building and…

Tyler regulates fences through its development code rather than a standalone fence permit. Conforming wood, masonry…

Under Texas Agriculture Code Chapter 143, Subchapter F, you cannot tear out a fence you jointly own with a neighbor, or…

A solid boundary fence in Austin tops out at six feet by default under Sec. 25-2-899(D), but adjoining neighbors can…

Celina puts fence upkeep on the fence's owner, not split automatically between neighbors; a leaning, unsupported, or…

Grand Prairie Code § 29-90 treats a fence in disrepair as a nuisance and confirms a fence can be owned by more than one…

Pasadena requires nonresidential developments abutting unscreened residential lots to build a fence along the abutting…

The Woodlands covenants specify that the smooth (finished) side of fences must face outward toward all adjacent streets…

Bellaire's fence regulations under Section 24-512 govern shared boundary fences between neighbors. Fences on shared…

Cedar Hill fence ownership and shared maintenance follow Texas common law: a fence on the property line is presumed…

Texas common law generally treats boundary fences as shared, though Texas has no universal fence statute requiring cost…

Texas is a fence-out state with no mandatory cost-sharing. Irving requires fences on shared boundaries to comply with…

Texas has no Good Neighbor Fence Act. Laredo property owners are each responsible for their own fences. Shared-fence…

League City allows fences on side and rear property lines per Section 125-4.2(5), which permits encroachment into…

Richmond requires the finished side of any fence to face outward toward neighbors and the right-of-way, and forbids…

Rosenberg Sec. 1-481 prohibits fences from being built on or overhanging a property line and lets the city remove…

Texas has no Good Neighbor Fence Act. Each Allen property owner is responsible for their own fence. Shared fence costs…

Baytown does not have a local fence dispute ordinance. Boundary fence disputes between neighbors are governed by Texas…

Texas treats boundary fences as private matters between neighbors. Bexar County does not mediate disputes, and shared…

Brownsville requires fences to be on the property owner's land. Texas does not have a statutory fence-sharing law, so…

Texas has no Good Neighbor Fence Act. Each owner pays for their own fence. TX Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125…

Texas Property Code 29 (Fence Division) and common law govern shared-fence disputes. Converse does not adjudicate…

Dallas does not have a specific shared-fence ordinance. Fence construction must comply with setback and height…

No county fence neighbor dispute ordinance. Texas is not a shared-fence-cost state. TX Property Code governs boundary…

Deer Park follows Texas state law on shared boundary fences. Texas does not require neighbors to share fence costs…

Texas does not require neighbor notice or cost-sharing for boundary fences. Denton has no local neighbor consent…

Denton County has no good-neighbor fence ordinance. Texas has no state statute requiring shared fence costs between…

Texas is a traditional fence-law state, meaning DeSoto does not require neighbors to share fence costs unless they…

Euless does not require neighbor consent to build a fence on your own property. Shared (division) fences and…

Fort Worth has no city ordinance requiring neighbors to share fence costs or notify each other before building. The…

Garland fences are typically the responsibility of the property owner who installed them; shared fences along property…

Fence disputes between Grapevine neighbors are governed by Texas Property Code 26. Cost-sharing is customary but not…

Haltom City does not mandate cost-sharing for boundary fences. TX Property Code 26.001 treats them as a civil matter…

Harris County has no shared fence ordinance for unincorporated areas. Texas does not have a statutory 'Good Neighbor…

Hidalgo County has no zoning, so it sets no neighbor or boundary-fence rules in unincorporated areas. Shared-fence…

Humble does not have a specific shared-fence or good-neighbor fence ordinance requiring neighbors to split the cost of…

Keller has no municipal cost-sharing rule for shared fences and Texas has no statewide shared-fence statute. Disputes…

La Porte does not have a specific shared fence ordinance dictating cost-sharing between neighbors. Texas is not a…

Lewisville does not regulate fence placement between neighbors beyond zoning setback and height requirements. Texas is…

TX Property Code Ch. 26 governs boundary fences statewide. Cost-sharing is customary but not required. Little Elm has…

Texas has no automatic shared-fence cost statute, so Live Oak neighbors negotiate fence sharing privately with written…

Texas has no good-neighbor fence statute. Lubbock property owners are each responsible for their own fence and cannot…

Mesquite does not require neighbors to share fence costs. Texas treats boundary fences as a private civil matter unless…

Texas common law governs fence disputes between neighbors in unincorporated areas. The Texas Good Neighbor Fence Law…

North Richland Hills does not require neighbor consent for a boundary fence, but the finished side must face outward…

Texas law does not require neighbor consent before building a fence. In Odessa, property owners are responsible for…

Sugar Land does not have a specific shared-fence or good-neighbor fence ordinance. Texas follows common law principles…

Tarrant County has no good-neighbor fence ordinance. Disputes are governed by Texas common law. Boundary fences on the…

Tomball follows Texas state law on boundary fences. There is no city ordinance requiring neighbors to share fence…

Texas has no Good Neighbor Fence Act. Each owner is responsible for their own fence. Travis County does not mediate…

Texas has no Good Neighbor Fence Act, so Tyler property owners each pay for their own fence. City code requires fences…

Universal City fence rules address placement on or near property lines. Shared fences are a private matter under Texas…

Texas law does not require neighbor consent before building a fence on your property, but Waco's code requires fences…

Wichita Falls follows Texas state law regarding shared boundary fences. Texas does not have a statutory requirement for…

Boundary fence disputes in Willis are governed by Texas common law. No local ordinance mandates cost-sharing between…

Cedar Park requires a full site development permit for every retaining wall: unlike ordinary fences, the code grants no…

A retaining wall in Amarillo skips the building permit only while it stays at 4 feet or under, measured from the bottom…

Austin exempts a retaining wall from a building permit only if it stands four feet or less, measured from the bottom of…

Carrollton's zoning code sets no blanket height cap on a retaining wall, but any wall four feet or taller that faces or…

Any retaining wall over 4 feet tall in Celina needs engineered plans, and plain concrete walls are banned outright.

Converse requires an engineered retaining wall for any cut or fill slope over three feet high; without one, slopes must…

Any retaining wall built on private property along a Dallas public right-of-way or easement must be reinforced concrete…

El Paso requires three staged inspections for permitted retaining walls under City Code § 18.02.107.3: a foundation…

Farmersville requires a retaining wall wherever a subdivision has a grade change over two and a half feet with a slope…

Fort Worth exempts retaining walls up to four feet tall, measured footing to top, from a building permit, unless the…

Frisco requires no permit for a masonry retaining wall under twenty-four inches, but any wall above thirty-six inches…

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

Garland treats a retaining wall as part of the fence-height calculation, not a separate structure with its own height…

Georgetown lets you build a retaining wall up to 4 feet tall, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the…

Houston requires a building permit and code-compliance review to construct any retaining wall, and walls eight feet or…

Irving requires a separate building permit before a retaining wall goes in. Land Development Code Section 8B-27(e)…

A retaining wall taller than 4 feet in Killeen must be designed on engineer- or architect-sealed drawings before the…

Retaining walls built within a designated 100-year floodplain in Laredo must be reinforced concrete or another material…

Retaining walls in League City require building permits under Chapter 22 of the Code of Ordinances. Walls exceeding 4…

Leander's building code amendment requires a guard rail on any retaining wall over 48 inches tall with a walkable…

Lubbock's building code exempts a retaining wall from a building permit only while it stays 4 feet or less, measured…

Before non-residential or mixed-use construction can proceed in Midland, the site plan reviewed by the Planning…

New Braunfels bars retaining walls, like hedges, steps and fences, from sitting in a street or alley right-of-way: the…

Odessa treats retaining walls in the street right-of-way as anything 18 inches or shorter: no street use permit…

Pearland exempts retaining walls up to 4 feet tall, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall…

Pflugerville enforces the 2021 International Residential and Building Codes as its construction code. Under that code…

Plano lets homeowners build a masonry retaining wall up to 48 inches tall without a permit, but anything taller must…

Rockwall requires a building permit for every retaining wall, restricts them to masonry, stone, or reinforced concrete…

San Antonio requires a new or repaired retaining wall to be designed by a registered professional engineer, with plans…

In the Highland Park-Bingham Park Historic Overlay District, Texarkana bars retaining walls from front and side yards…

A Travis County retaining wall taller than 5 feet must be designed and sealed by a Texas-licensed professional engineer…

Tyler ties retaining walls to the building code: they combine with fences for height and must follow the adopted 2021…

Waco requires a registered professional engineer to design any retaining wall built as part of site development, under…

Wichita Falls requires a building permit for retaining walls and a separate grading permit once the wall's unsupported…

Parker's subdivision rules require every residential lot to be graded and platted with topography and drainage in mind…

Irving bans barbed, concertina, and razor wire on fences citywide under Section 15-7(a), with a narrow…

Abilene bans razor wire, barbed wire and similar fencing materials in every residential zoning district, except for…

Arlington restricts electric fences to the IM Industrial Manufacturing district and bans them outright in the Downtown…

Carrollton bans several fence materials outright: electrically charged fencing, chicken wire, hog wire, welded or woven…

Celina prohibits barbed wire, electric fencing, and other injurious materials on residential fences, with a narrow…

El Paso's Building Code bans broken glass toppings on any fence or wall citywide and bars barbed wire on fences around…

Barbed wire and fence arms are banned outside Farmersville's LI and HI industrial districts under City Code §…

Frisco outlaws electrically charged, barbed, concertina and razor wire fencing in every residential district, along…

Killeen bans barbed wire and electric fencing everywhere except the A Agricultural and A-R1 Agricultural Single-Family…

Pearland's Unified Development Code bars above-ground electric fencing, wire mesh such as hog or chicken wire, and…

Sugar Land bans wire and barbed-wire fencing from residential front and street side yards and restricts barbed wire…

Victoria's Unified Development Ordinance bans barbed wire fencing citywide, allowing it only atop tall security fencing…

Barbed wire and razor wire are off-limits on Amarillo fences except in three settings: agricultural or grazing land…

Cedar Hill Sec. 4-302 prohibits barbed wire (except farm/ranch on 3+ acres) and high-voltage electric fences. Chain…

Nonresidential fences and walls in Cedar Park must stand 6 to 8 feet tall and be built of masonry such as brick, stone…

Corpus Christi allows electrically charged fencing for security or animal containment, but only if it runs on…

Grand Prairie prohibits R-panel, metal sheeting, and plywood fencing in residential areas. Only wood, masonry, chain…

League City regulates fences through the Unified Development Code (Chapter 125). Chain link fencing is prohibited in…

Barbed wire fencing is prohibited in Leander's residential zoning districts, with narrow exceptions for SFR-zoned…

McKinney permits wood, wrought iron, vinyl, masonry, and tubular steel fencing. Chain link is restricted in front yards…

Odessa's zoning code bans razor wire and barbed wire on residential fences, plus scrap metal and plywood, except for…

Parker's fence code lists exactly what a residential fence may be built from under City Code § 156.32(H)(5): wood…

Pflugerville's Unified Development Code prohibits chain-link fences on single-family detached lots in every zoning…

Plano allows wood, masonry, vinyl, wrought iron, and chain link for residential fences. Barbed wire, razor wire, and…

Richardson allows wood, concrete, masonry, chain link, wrought iron, metal tubing, vinyl and fiberglass composite…

Rowlett limits fences to chain link, brick, stone, stucco, wrought iron, wood picket or PVC; barbed wire and electric…

Shenandoah's fence ordinance limits materials to wood, masonry, or wrought iron citywide, unless another code section…

Taylor's Land Development Code spells out which fence materials are allowed and which are banned citywide, and it bars…

Temple's UDC confines barbed wire and electric fences to agricultural, light industrial, and heavy industrial zoning…

In Texarkana's Highland Park-Bingham Park Historic Residential Overlay District, fences must be wrought iron, wood…

Tyler allows wood, chain-link, brick, wrought iron, stone, pipe, and concrete fences. Chain-link and pipe are banned in…

Waco bans barbed wire on any fence built along a street, alley, avenue or lane inside the city, and the same rule…

Allen restricts fence materials in residential zones to wood, masonry, wrought iron, and approved composite. Chain link…

Austin prohibits barbed wire, razor wire, and electrified fences in residential zones under City Code Chapter 25-2…

Baytown restricts certain fence materials in residential zoning districts. Barbed wire and razor wire are prohibited in…

Bellaire prohibits barbed wire, razor wire, and electric fences in residential areas. Front yard fences must use…

College Station regulates fence materials by zone. Wood, vinyl, wrought iron, and chain-link common. HOAs often impose…

Conroe regulates fencing through Chapter 14 (Building and Building Regulations), Article XI (Accessory Structures)…

Dallas Code Section 51A-4.602 regulates fence materials. Required screening fences must be brick, stone, concrete…

Denton allows wood, masonry, iron, chain link, vinyl, and composite fencing. Tarps, pallets, and corrugated metal…

Fort Worth Zoning Sec. 5.305 limits front-yard fences to open designs with at least 50% transparency, effectively…

Garland allows wood, masonry, wrought iron, vinyl, and chain link fencing in most residential zones; barbed wire, razor…

Grapevine prohibits razor wire, concertina wire, and barbed wire in residential fences. Electric fences are restricted…

Haltom City permits wood, masonry, wrought iron, vinyl, and composite fencing. Chain-link is allowed in rear and side…

Humble restricts certain fencing materials in residential districts. Barbed wire, razor wire, and electric fencing are…

Live Oak restricts certain fence materials including barbed wire, razor wire, and electric fencing in residential…

Texas Property Code Sec. 202.023 stops a Lubbock homeowners' association from writing or enforcing a restrictive…

Mesquite permits wood, masonry, vinyl, and ornamental metal fencing but prohibits barbed wire, electrified fences, and…

Missouri City permits wood, PVC vinyl, ornamental metal, and chain link fencing in residential yards, but prohibits…

North Richland Hills permits wood, vinyl, masonry, wrought iron, and tubular steel fences. Barbed wire, razor wire, and…

Richmond requires durable fence materials and bans scrap lumber, plywood, sheet metal, plastic, fiberglass, barbed…

Rosenberg requires multi-family developments to install eight-foot decorative masonry walls and limits commercial…

San Antonio UDC §35-514 specifies approved fence materials: wood, chain link, stone, rock, concrete block, masonry…

Tomball prohibits certain fence materials in residential areas including barbed wire, razor wire, and electric fencing…

Bexar County does not restrict fencing materials countywide. San Antonio prohibits barbed wire and razor wire on…

Brownsville's Unified Development Code reserves section 4.6.4 Fencing and Screening as a heading with no adopted text…

No material restriction from Collin County for unincorporated fences. Wood, vinyl, chain-link, wrought iron, barbed…

Converse permits wood, metal (wrought iron, aluminum), vinyl, masonry, and chain-link fences in most zones. Barbed…

No county fence material restrictions. Only pool barriers have state material restrictions (no chain-link per TX HSC…

Deer Park prohibits certain fence materials in residential zones including barbed wire, razor wire, and electric…

DeSoto generally permits wood, vinyl, wrought iron, chain link, masonry, and composite fences in residential zones, but…

Harris County has no fence material restrictions for unincorporated areas. Barbed wire, chain link, and other materials…

Houston allows wood, PVC vinyl, composite, metal ornamental, and chain link fences. Barbed wire, razor wire, and…

La Porte restricts certain fence materials in residential areas. Barbed wire, razor wire, and electric fences are…

Laredo allows wood, metal, vinyl, masonry, and wrought iron fencing. Chain-link is permitted in most residential zones…

Mcallen regulates fence materials by zone. Wood, vinyl, wrought iron, and chain-link common. HOAs often impose stricter…

Midland regulates fence materials by zone. Wood, vinyl, wrought iron, and chain-link common. HOAs often impose stricter…

Tarrant County does not restrict fence materials for unincorporated residential areas. Chain link, barbed wire, wood…

Travis County does not restrict fence materials in unincorporated areas. Wood, metal, masonry, chain link, and wire are…