What PD-298 Says About Fencing
As residents become interested in modifying their property’s fencing, questions often arise about what can and cannot be built.
Hopefully this excerpt will provide insight from PD-298, the Bryan Area Special Purpose District, which includes Bryan Place. When in doubt, feel free to contact the neighborhood association or City of Dallas.
SEC. 51P-298.119. FENCES.
(a) Fencing material for properties fronting on Ross Avenue, Live
Oak Street, and Gaston Avenue must be wrought iron, tubular steel, or similar material, or a combination of these items, with up to a four-foot-high masonry base.
(b) Fencing material for all other properties must be wrought iron, tubular steel, chain link, wood, or similar materials or a combination of these items with up to a four-foot-high masonry base.
(c) Razor wire and barbed wire fencing are prohibited in this district within 50 feet of the back-of-curb on the following streets:
(1) Gaston.
(2) Good Latimer.
(3) Haskell.
(4) Live Oak.
(5) Peak.
(6) Ross.
(7) Washington.
(d) Nonconforming razor wire and barbed wire fencing materials
must be removed by April 26, 2008.
(e) Maximum fence height.
(1) Except as further limited in this subsection, maximum fence
height is nine feet.
(2) For all residential uses, maximum fence height in the required front yard is four feet. (Ord. 25960)
To view the complete details of PD-298, please go online to:
www.dallascityattorney.com/51P/Articles%20Supp%2015/Article%20298.pdf
