While you can build your new white or black vinyl fence on your property line, you’ll need a written agreement from the neighbors on each side of you. You can’t build outside your property lines, so you must know where your property lines are. Use our fence planning tool to explore the locations of your property lines and options for your new fence.

If you want to build on the property line, you’re going to need to notify your neighbors and get a written agreement from them before submitting your fence permit application. Otherwise, you aren’t required to notify your neighbors, but it’s always a good idea. Building a fence can be loud and disruptive, so you want to let them know a few days in advance of the work starting.

For a Shoreview vinyl fence installation, you need a zoning permit to build. Along with the application for the zoning permit, you’ll need to submit detailed plans for the build and an erosion control plan. When the fence is finished, you’ll need to arrange for a final inspection by the city to ensure your fence follows the plans that you submitted.

If you opt to build your vinyl fence by yourself, you need to call the utility company to determine where the cables and pipes are buried in your yard, so you don’t accidentally dig one up or damage it. At Northland Fence, our team makes it our first task to locate these utility lines and mark them to ensure that there aren’t any accidents.

In Shoreview, you can build a fence in your front yard up to four feet tall and on sides that face the right-of-way on a public road. All other fences can be up to six feet tall.

It’s never a good idea to build a fence on an easement. When the city or utility company needs to access the area, they’ll tear down your fence and send you a bill for taking it down. You’ll also be responsible for the expense of rebuilding your fence.