Fence Rules in Clayton County, Georgia

In Unincorporated Clayton County, fence height limits are: front yards, Under 4 ft on a home lot. Decorative walls 2 ft; Business and industrial lots: 6 ft; side and rear yards, Chain link, privacy, ornamental fences and solid walls 6 ft. Rail fence 5 ft, decorative wall 4 ft, industrial fence 8 ft; Business and industrial lots: 8 ft, industrial fence 10 ft.

Required for building, altering or moving any fence or wall, at any height; Not required for: repairs with no structural change, replacing a fence with the same type and height in the same spot, adding a gate up to 8 ft wide to an existing fence, wire or wood fences on working farms of at least 3 acres with 200 ft of road frontage, and hedges used as living…

On corner lots in Unincorporated Clayton County: On a residential corner lot, a chain link or privacy fence up to 6 ft is allowed in the front yard along the side street, as long as the homes next door and across that street do not face it. It may not extend past the front of your house toward the street the house faces.