Fence Rules in Richmond Hill, Georgia

In Richmond Hill, fence height limits are: Front yards: 4 ft max, and the same along each street of a corner lot or a lot with a street at both the front and the back; Sight triangle at a street corner: 3 ft max; side and rear yards, 6 ft max on a home lot, measured from natural grade to the top of the fence.

Required for any fence or wall. It is a separate Limited Use permit from the city's Planning and Zoning Department and cannot be folded into a house permit. Submit a plat showing the distance from the property lines and easements to the fence, with property pins exposed and string lines pulled to each pin. HOA approval is the owner's responsibility.

On corner lots in Richmond Hill: Each street side of a corner lot, or of a lot with a street at both the front and the back, counts as a front yard, so a home fence there is capped at 4 ft; Sight triangle at a street corner: nothing over 3 ft. The triangle runs 25 ft back from where the two street right-of-way lines meet.

Pool fences in Richmond Hill: 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 Richmond Hill: None from a property line. No fence in a public right-of-way, and none in an easement with city utilities or drainage unless you sign and record a city hold-harmless agreement. Other utility companies must not object either. The ordinance governs; the permit handout still prints an older flat ban.

Prohibited fence materials in Richmond Hill: Chain link in the front yard of any residential lot or any lot with a home, unless it encloses a retention pond or an approved public facility, and then it must be black vinyl coated. Barbed wire on any residential lot, except around utility and other public facilities.