You can place your fence up to or on your property lines. If you place your fence on the property line, it cannot damage the abutting property. However, the Building & Community Development Department recommends placing your fence a few feet back from the property line.

If your property is on a shoreline lot, your fence cannot be placed within 25 feet of the ordinary high water line.

If your fence is to be installed on a corner lot, it must be installed so that it does not impede traffic visibility. More specifically, the fence cannot impede the “clear vision area” – a triangular area that extends from the intersection of two roads and extends for thirty feet in each direction.

You also cannot have a fence installed in a public right-of-way if your property abuts one.

According to the city, you don’t have to. But we’d strongly recommend that you do. We’ll make your ornamental fence installation as quiet and painless as possible for you and your neighbors. But it’s best to head off any potential disputes or disruption but give your neighbors a quick courtesy heads-up.

Yes, you need a Zoning Permit in Arden Hills to install an ornamental fence on your residential property.

We do. To make your fence installation as easy as possible, we’ll call your utility companies directly, then mark off the utility lines and hazardous areas before we get to work.

If you choose to install your fence yourself, you’ll need to call each company to get this information. And if you don’t or get it wrong, then install a fence that blocks a utility company’s access, they may remove your fence and bill you for the removal.

In Arden Hills, your residential ornamental fence can be no more than six feet in height in a side or rear yard. In front yards, it can be no taller than three feet.

You can build your fence on an easement as long as the easement remains accessible. You’ll need to make sure you and others can reach sewers, utility outlets, telephone poles, and similar critical access points without hindrance. Also, your fence cannot block any public walkway or other rights of way.