Fence Rules in Palmetto, Georgia

In Palmetto, fence height limits are: Most residential districts: 4 ft max within the required front yard; R-3A Traditional Residential and R-3B Mill Village Residential, the city's core area: 40 in max in a front yard; side and rear yards, 6 ft max in any residential district, measured from natural grade to the top of the fence.

Required. A fence is a structure, and no structure may be erected, altered or moved without a zoning compliance permit, under Zoning Sec. 21-2(A); Apply at City Hall, 509 Toombs St; Community Development 770-463-3377.

On corner lots in Palmetto: Each front yard of a corner lot: 4 ft max, or 40 in in R-3A and R-3B; Nothing over 3 ft (utility poles, lights and street signs excepted) inside the sight triangle: the area between the intersecting street right-of-way lines and a line connecting points 20 ft from the corner.

Pool fences in Palmetto: The zoning code doesn't address pool barriers. Georgia's state minimum governs: 48 in minimum barrier.

Fence setbacks in Palmetto: Not in any public right-of-way, and required walls must sit inside the property line; No setback from an interior property line in most residential districts; R-3A and R-3B: a fence running parallel to a lot line must sit on the lot line or at least 2 ft back from it.

Prohibited fence materials in Palmetto: No chain link in any residential front yard, unless it encloses a city-approved retention pond; No barbed wire or above-ground electric fence in a residential district, except around crops, orchards, pastures or similar working farm or garden land; Chain link and barbed wire may not serve as screening.