Fence Rules in Cleveland, Georgia

In Cleveland, fence height limits are: front yards, 4 ft max in residential districts, decorative and see-through. At a street corner, see corner lots; Most side and back yards: 8 ft max. In residential districts, a side or back yard along a street counts as a front yard: 4 ft max, see-through, unless height notes allow more.

Unconfirmed for fences: the city building code requires a permit for building work covered by the construction codes it adopts and never names fences, so ask the Building and Permitting Department before you build. In a mapped flood hazard area a development permit comes first; Building and Permitting · 706-865-2017 · permitting@clevelandga.org.

On corner lots in Cleveland: On a corner lot in any district, nothing taller than 3 ft may stand in the triangle formed by the two right-of-way lines and a line joining points 20 ft from where they meet (on a rounded corner, from where the curve's straight edges would meet); The side along the second street counts as a front yard: see the height rows.

Pool fences in Cleveland: Barrier: 48 in tall minimum, measured from the outside. Gap under it: 2 in max over grass, 4 in over concrete; Gate: opens outward, self-closing and self-latching; Openings: 4 in max, or 1 3/4 in for chain link, lattice and any fence whose rails sit under 45 in apart, which puts its rails on the pool side.

Fence setbacks in Cleveland: None from a property line: the code says a fence does not count as an encroachment into a yard. No fence or gate may stand in a public right-of-way or stick out onto a street or sidewalk; Cleveland Code Secs. 64-45, 48-47.

Prohibited fence materials in Cleveland: Razor wire, in residential and commercial districts; Exposed concrete block, tires, junk or other discarded materials; Apartment (R-4), planned residential (PR-D) and planned commercial (PC-D) districts: no chain link in a front yard, and chain link elsewhere is 5 ft max.