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Fences and walls in Union City

Union City residential fences: 3 feet in front yards; 6 feet, plus up to 1.5 feet of lattice, in rear and interior side yards.

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Key points

  • Fence height: Union City residential fences: 3 feet in front yards; 6 feet, plus up to 1.5 feet of lattice, in rear and interior side yards.

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

What Union City's code says

Union City code What Union City's code adds
Front yard height
  • No more than 3 feet above the ground.
    Applies: Front yard in a residential district.
    § 18.32.040 · code text
    When located in the front yard, the maximum height shall be three feet above the surface of the ground.
Side and rear yard height
  • No more than 6 feet, plus up to 1.5 feet of lattice on top.
    Applies: Required rear and interior side yards in a residential district.
    § 18.32.040 · code text
    In the required rear and interior side yards the maximum height shall be six feet as measured above the surface of the ground, except that an additional one and one-half foot of lattice may be added above a six-foot high fence.
  • Up to 8 feet in a residential district.
    Applies: Rear or interior side yard next to flood channel, railroad, park, care or health facility, school, child care, commercial or industrial use, or major arterial.
    § 18.32.040 · code text
    Fences a maximum of eight feet in height may be allowed in the required rear yard or interior side yards when the yard abuts a flood control channel, railroad, park, licensed residential care or health facility, school, child care center, commercial use, industrial use or major arterials
  • Up to 8 feet.
    Applies: Multifamily lots: fences around interior private open space at the end units of building clusters.
    § 18.32.040 · code text
    On lots developed with multifamily residential uses, fences a maximum of eight feet in height may be permitted to enclose interior private open space areas at the end units of building clusters.
  • No more than 3 feet in the exterior side yard.
    Applies: Corner and reverse corner lots. Taller allowed 10 feet from side street line, at least 35 feet from front line, not in front of structure.
    § 18.32.040 · code text
    On corner and reverse corner lots, the maximum height shall be three feet in the exterior side yard, except that fences meeting the other requirements listed in Section 18.32.040(A) may be permitted when located 10 feet from the side street lot line and at least 35 feet from the front lot line, but not closer to the front lot line than the front face of the structure.

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How tall can a fence be in Union City?

Union City residential fences: 3 feet in front yards; 6 feet, plus up to 1.5 feet of lattice, in rear and interior side yards.

General information, not legal advice.

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