Fence & Deck Repair in Redwood City

• Interior side and rear yards: 7 feet. Up to 10 feet is possible with an Architectural Permit — but not in R districts, so for most single-family lots 7 feet is the ceiling.
• Front yard: open decorative fences and solid-open combinations up to 5 feet. Solid front fences are limited lower — worth confirming with Planning for your specific zone before a front rebuild.
• Corner lots: street-side fences to 6 feet, with setbacks from the sidewalk that vary by fence type; decorative fences must sit at least 18 inches back, and that strip must be landscaped.
• Vision triangles: nothing solid over 3 feet within 15 feet of driveways and intersections.
• Electric fences, barbed wire, and razor wire are prohibited in residential zones.

What decides whether a front fence is 3 feet or 5, where the vision triangle falls and which permits apply are worked through on fence rules and permits in Redwood City.

Repairing an existing fence in place — posts, boards, gate hardware — doesn't reopen any of this. It's rebuilds and relocations that have to meet current standards, which is one more argument for fixing the fence you have: an older fence that wouldn't be approved today can usually be maintained where it stands.

Redwood City's flatland lots follow the Peninsula pattern: irrigated lawns rot wood posts in the few inches around the soil line while everything above looks healthy. If a section leans after a storm, the posts were gone before the wind arrived. Isolated failed posts are a repair; rot at grade along the whole run is a replacement conversation — and photos of the post bases usually settle which one you have.

Send photos through the form — post bases up close, the full fence line, the gate if it's stopped latching — and get a repair estimate range before anyone drives out.