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Fences and walls in Isleton

Isleton limits R-1 fences to 3 ft in the required front yard; 7 ft along side and rear lines and corner street sides.

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Key points

  • Fence height: Isleton limits R-1 fences to 3 ft in the required front yard; 7 ft along side and rear lines and corner street sides.

Each rule below links to the section of the Isleton Municipal Code it was read from, with the code text one click away (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

What Isleton's code says

Isleton code What Isleton's code adds
Corner visibility
  • No fence, wall or hedge over 2½ feet high in the corner visibility area.
    Applies: R-1 corner lots: the area on the street side of a diagonal line joining points 25 feet along each property line from the corner.
    § 604 · code text
    No fence, wall or hedge exceeding 2½ feet in height may be located within an area of a corner lot on the street side of a diagonal line connecting points located 25 feet along the property line as measured from the intersecting property lines at the street corner.
Height anywhere on the lot
  • Open fences no more than 7 feet high.
    Applies: R-1 districts: in any required yard or along a side lot line, except the corner visibility area.
    § 604 · code text
    Open fences not exceeding seven feet in height, and hedges, may be located within any required yard, or along any side lot line, except as limited by the provisions of subsection 605.A.3 above.
Front yard height
  • No more than 3 feet high.
    Applies: Fences or walls in the required front yard in R-1 districts.
    § 604 · code text
    Fences or walls not exceeding three feet in height may be erected within any portion of the required front yard.
Side and rear yard height
  • No more than 7 feet high.
    Applies: R-1 districts: along side and rear property lines and the street side yard of a corner lot.
    § 604 · code text
    Along side and rear property lines, and along any portion of the street side yard of a corner lot, not exceeding seven feet in height

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How tall can a fence be in Isleton?

Isleton limits R-1 fences to 3 ft in the required front yard; 7 ft along side and rear lines and corner street sides.

General information, not legal advice.

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