Gates and Gate Openers in Tooele, UT
Gates take the most wear of any part of a fence. Ask for heavy hinges, a post that can carry the weight, and a latch that closes on its own if you have kids or a pool.
- Wood privacy fence. The rear yard limit is 8 ft, which allows tall privacy fences.
- Vinyl privacy fence. Vinyl handles sun and cold with little upkeep.
Tooele rules that apply
Tooele City code 7-2-12 says a building permit is required for any fence or wall over 6 feet high and for any retaining wall over 1 foot high. Confirm what your fence needs with the Tooele City Building Department before you build.
- In front yards, solid (view-obscuring) fences, walls and hedges cannot be taller than 3 ft. Open (non-view-obscuring) ones can be 4 ft.
- In a required rear yard or interior side yard, fences, walls and hedges can be up to 8 ft.
- On a corner lot, a rear yard fence next to a public street or a neighbor's front yard is limited to 6 ft.
- A side-yard fence on a corner lot next to a street can be up to 6 ft, but it cannot go into the required front yard or the clear vision area, and the building inspector can rule it a sight hazard.
- Corner lots have a clear vision triangle. Nothing that blocks view and is over 3 ft high may sit inside a triangle formed by the street property lines and a line joining points 40 ft from the intersection of the street back-of-curb lines. Pruned-up trees are allowed.
- Barbed wire, razor wire and electric fences are banned along a street or between lots where either lot is a home.
- Where lots sit at different grades, a fence may go to the maximum height allowed on either side of the property line.
- Where rear and side yards back onto an arterial or major collector street in a residential district, a fence can be 8 ft high next to that street, subject to the clear vision rule at intersections.
- Any fence or wall over 6 ft high needs a building permit. Any retaining wall over 1 ft high needs a building permit.