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Fences and walls in Rolling Hills Estates

Fences are limited to 24 inches in front yards and street-side yards, and 72 inches in rear and side setbacks (city rule).

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Key points

  • Fence height: Fences are limited to 24 inches in front yards and street-side yards, and 72 inches in rear and side setbacks (city rule).

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

What Rolling Hills Estates's code says

Rolling Hills Estates code What Rolling Hills Estates's code adds
Height anywhere on the lot
  • Fences, hedges or walls can be up to 72 inches tall.
    Applies: Rear and side setbacks and inside areas; in a street-facing side yard, solid fencing must keep the house's street side setback.
    § 17.06.370 · code text
    a maximum seventy-two inch high fence, hedge or wall shall be permitted in all rear setbacks, side setbacks and interior developable areas
Front yard height
  • Fences, walls, hedges and similar features can be no more than 24 inches tall.
    Applies: In private street easements, front yards, or side yards next to a street.
    § 17.06.360 · code text
    fences, walls, hedges, structures and similar landscape features exceeding twenty-four inches in height shall not be permitted within private street easements, front yards or side yards abutting a street
  • A white 3-rail fence can be 42 inches tall, measured at the top rail.
    Applies: Front yards of lots in the H overlay districts.
    § 17.06.350 · code text
    The fence shall be forty-two inches in height measured at the top of the rail
Side and rear yard height
  • Solid fences or walls can be no more than 42 inches above the upper building pad.
    Applies: Rear and side setbacks where lots differ in grade by more than 36 inches; fencing above that must be open.
    § 17.06.370 · code text
    then no solid fencing or wall shall extend more than forty-two inches above the height of the upper building pad

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Frequently asked questions

How tall can a fence be in Rolling Hills Estates?

Fences are limited to 24 inches in front yards and street-side yards, and 72 inches in rear and side setbacks (city rule).

General information, not legal advice.

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