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Fences and walls in Pittsburg

R districts: side and rear fences within a required yard at most 6 feet; front yards of key lots, 4 1/2 feet.

Key points

  • Fence heights: R districts: side and rear fences within a required yard at most 6 feet; front yards of key lots, 4 1/2 feet.

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

What Pittsburg's code says

Pittsburg code What Pittsburg's code adds
Corner visibility
  • No more than 4½ feet high. Above 3 feet, the fence must be 66⅔% open.
    Applies: R District corner sight triangle: street lines and a line joining points 30 feet from the intersection.
    § 18.84.205 · code text
    Corner side sight visibility triangle: four and one-half feet; provided, that the portion above three feet in height must have generally uniformly spaced interstices to allow 66 and two-thirds percent open area between the fence material within a triangle formed by the intersecting street lines and a line joining points on these street lines at a distance of 30 feet from the intersection of these lines.
Height anywhere on the lot
  • Up to 6 feet high.
    Applies: R District: only on the line shared by a key lot and the next reverse corner lot, in the set area.
    § 18.84.205 · code text
    Fence height may be increased to six feet, only on the property line shared by the key lot and adjoining reverse corner lot, and only between the rear of the required front yard and the point along the property line that is as far away from the front line as the width of the required corner side yard of the adjoining key lot.
Side and rear yard height
  • No more than 6 feet high, lower near the sidewalk.
    Applies: R District corner side yards, except within 3 feet of the sidewalk edge, or of the curb or pavement without a sidewalk.
    § 18.84.205 · code text
    Corner side: six feet, except for the portion of the lot within three feet of the edge of the sidewalk, or three feet from the curb or pavement if there is no sidewalk, in which the maximum height is four and one-half feet;
  • No more than 4½ feet high.
    Applies: R District corner side yards within 3 feet of the sidewalk, curb or pavement. Above 3 feet must be 66⅔% open.
    § 18.84.205 · code text
    Corner side: six feet, except for the portion of the lot within three feet of the edge of the sidewalk, or three feet from the curb or pavement if there is no sidewalk, in which the maximum height is four and one-half feet;
  • No more than 6 feet high.
    Applies: R District: required side and rear yards.
    § 18.84.205 · code text
    Side and rear: six feet.
Front yard height
  • No more than 4½ feet high.
    Applies: R District: front and corner side yards of a reverse corner lot.
    § 18.84.205 · code text
    Front and corner side of a reverse corner lot: four and one-half feet;
  • No more than 4½ feet high.
    Applies: R District: front yard of a key lot.
    § 18.84.205 · code text
    Front yard of a key lot: four and one-half feet.
Permit
  • Zoning administrator approval or a use permit may raise or change the fence height limits.
    Applies: To build above the fence height standards.
    § 18.84.205 · code text
    The maximum fence height standards may be increased or the required fence criteria may be reduced or modified by the issuance of a zoning administrator approval under Chapter 18.32 PMC or in conjunction with the issuance of a use permit for a proposed use.

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R districts: side and rear fences within a required yard at most 6 feet; front yards of key lots, 4 1/2 feet.

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