Titusville & Brevard County Fence Permit Guide

North Brevard has two fence rulebooks, and which one applies depends on your exact address — not your mailing city. A home with a Titusville mailing address may sit inside city limits or in unincorporated Brevard County, and Mims, Port St. John and Scottsmoor are all unincorporated. Here is each rulebook, straight from the codes.

Inside Titusville city limits

Permit required before constructing a new fence, relocating an existing fence, or replacing more than 50% of a previously permitted fence. Permits come from the City of Titusville Building Department.

Maximum height: 6 feet, measured on the exterior surface (including any beam or retaining wall at the base).
Front setbacks: no fence over 4 feet in any required front yard setback, or in a corner setback abutting a collector or arterial road.
Finished side out: all support structures — posts, framing, stringers — face the interior of your lot. Your neighbor sees the smooth side.
Not allowed: electrified fences in residential districts. Properties in the Shoreline Overlay District have additional restrictions — check with the Planning Department.
Fees: fence permits are priced from the city's fee schedule based on construction value; fences are exempt from the plan-review fee.

Sources: City of Titusville fee schedule · Titusville Land Development Regulations (Municode)

Unincorporated Brevard County

Construction permit required for any new fence or major repair in unincorporated areas — Mims, Port St. John, Scottsmoor, and the county pockets around Titusville and Cocoa. Repairs over 50% count as new construction.

Maximum height: 6 feet for residential fences; 4 feet inside the 20-foot front setback.
Corner lots: nothing over 3.5 feet inside the sight-visibility triangle at intersections.
Application needs: a boundary survey (or equivalent) showing the exact fence location and height, plus materials and construction details.
Finished side out: wood fences must display the finished side on the outside; razor/barbed wire is prohibited for residential fencing.
Contractor licensing: fence contractors pulling permits in Brevard County work under the county's competency/licensing requirements — ask whoever you hire to show theirs.

Source: Brevard County Code, Article VIII — Fence Construction (Municode)

Rules that apply on both sides of the line

Call 811 first. Florida law (Chapter 556) requires contacting Sunshine 811 at least two full business days before digging, so underground utilities get marked. It is free, and the excavator — not just the homeowner — needs their own ticket.

Your survey is the fence line. Both jurisdictions want the fence location proven against a boundary survey. Guessing a line from an old fence is how fences end up rebuilt on the neighbor's dime — yours.

HOA approval is separate. A city or county permit does not satisfy your HOA. Communities like La Cita and Royal Oak in Titusville have their own approved materials, heights and colors, and the association's architectural review comes first in our process.

Pool fences have state rules too. Florida's Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act requires a barrier at least 48 inches high with self-closing, self-latching gates around residential pools — which is why most pool fences we install are 4- or 5-ft aluminum. Details on the aluminum & pool fence page.

We pull the permit on every job. It's in the written estimate as its own line, and we close it out with the final inspection. Start with a free measurement — we'll tell you which rulebook your address falls under before you spend a dollar.