Fencing permit

[DEAGLER]

Anyone know if I need some kind of permit if I wanted a fence in the front yard between me and my neighbor? It'll be 5ft high and basically it's gonna extend 25ft from the existing fence. It won't go straight out to the sidewalk. Basically something like this drawing.

[Irving]

I know in my city I would need a permit for that. I hear Aurora is pretty bad about permits, so count on it. You can just call the Aurora building department and they'll let you know your fence options.

[thedave1164]

My guess is that your city requires a permit for everything including repairs.

That said, I would probably put the fence up and see what happens, I would make sure you are completely on your property line.

one caveat would be if your neighbor is opposed to, or has a problem with you putting up a fence, if that is the case I would pull a permit.

See, no straight answer, happy to help

[ray1970]

That said, I would probably put the fence up and see what happens

Yeah, bad idea. Lol.

My mom had a neighbor do that. Then my mom had some issues with that neighbor (unrelated to their fence) so she turned them in. They had to tear the fence down.

[Great-Kazoo]

Set back from main road, height and in some cases where HOA's are present style & color. These are all things a call to the zoning dept will answer, also look at Arapahoe cty and city of aurora's web sites

[TFOGGER]

Aurora requires a permit to remove an old fence, replace an existing fence, or install a new one. Figure the permit cost at 10% of the total job cost (materials and labor).

https://www.auroragov.org/cms/One.as...pageId=7098338

[SideShow Bob]

Also check with your HOA, Aurora is big on HOAs in most neighborhoods. And they all have their HOA nazis running them.

[Irving]

My little brother brought great shame to our family line when he bought a condo, and was the HOA president within two years.

[gnihcraes]

Fence usually has to be 50% see through on front of house and from front of house to street and such too. No taller than 36 inches etc etc etc.

Hopefully not in a flood plane, then it requires to be so far off the ground etc. (if allowed at all)

rules get crazy sometimes.

I inquired about having to remove some fence due to the cities requirements of my new driveway placement, yep, you'll need a permit if replacing, removing or moving more than 8 feet of fence.

grrrrr Their traffic rules, required garage rules, and required fence changes, which requires more rules. ^#%&#%^!@$#

[DEAGLER]

Thanks guys.