Building on your lot in Huron

Each rule below is marked Huron code or CA state law and links to the section it comes from (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

Fences and walls

Huron code What Huron's code adds
Front yard height	No more than 3.5 feet high. Applies: Fences, walls or hedges in the required front yard in all residential zones. § 17.73.150 · code text In all residential zones, no fence, wall, or hedge located in the required front yard shall exceed a height of three and one-half feet.
Side and rear yard height	No more than 6 feet high. Applies: Fences, walls or hedges in rear or side yards in all residential zones. § 17.73.150 · code text In all residential zones, no fence, wall, or hedge located in the rear or side yard shall exceed a height of six feet.

RV and boat parking

Huron code What Huron's code adds
Parking on the street	Not allowed from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. without a permit; with a permit, no more than two 24-hour periods. Applies: Applies to trailers, or vehicles over 8 feet wide, 7½ feet high or 20 feet long, on residential streets or alleys. § 10.20.150 · code text Between the hours of two a.m. and six a.m., on any public street or alley in a residential district as established by the zoning ordinance, no person shall park any trailer or any vehicle of which any part of the vehicle, together with all fixtures, accessories or property with the exception of single post radio antennas, measures more than eight (8) feet in width, or seven and one-half (7½) feet in height, or twenty (20) feet in length, unless such person shall have a permit, for such a trailer or vehicle, and in no event for a period exceeding two (2) twenty-four (24) hour periods.

Other Huron rules on this

Huron's code also has these chapters. We have not summarized their values on this page yet; read them in the library.

Permit for more dogs and cats (§ 6.04.330)
Animals kept in residential zones (§ 6.08.060)
Draining a pool into the sewer (§ 13.12.170)

Who this affects

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Frequently asked questions

How tall can a fence be in Huron?

Huron limits fences in the required front yard to three and one-half feet in all residential zones. Huron limits fences in rear and side yards to 6 ft in all residential zones.

Can I park an RV or boat at my home in Huron?

Huron's code: Not allowed from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. without a permit; with a permit, no more than two 24-hour periods. (Applies to trailers, or vehicles over 8 feet wide, 7½ feet high or 20 feet long, on residential streets or alleys.) (§ 10.20.150).

General information, not legal advice.