Planning guides written for Lansdale, North Wales, Blue Bell, Ambler and eastern Montgomery County: what the local codes, ground and weather mean for the fence you choose, step by step.
Permits & rules
Corner lots with two front yards: fence rules in Cheltenham, Upper Moreland, Upper Dublin and Lansdale
On a corner lot in Cheltenham, Upper Moreland or Upper Dublin, both street sides are front yards. How heights, gates and sight triangles work, town by town.
Read the guide →Fencing a Lansdale Borough lot: curb, alley, corner and front-yard rules in practice
How Lansdale Borough’s fence code plays out on real lots: 10 ft from the curb, 2 ft from sidewalks and alleys, open 3 ft front fences, 75-ft sight triangles.
Read the guide →Your mailing address isn’t your township: who issues your fence permit
Blue Bell, Ambler, North Wales and Glenside are post office names, not townships. See which municipalities each ZIP covers and who issues your fence permit.
Read the guide →Property lines & neighbors
Materials & weather
Water, slopes & soil
Digging fence posts in North Penn red shale and fragipan soils
Why post holes in Lansdale, North Wales and Montgomeryville hit red rock at 2 to 3 ft, why some yards stay soggy every spring, and how posts get set anyway.
Read the guide →Fencing near the Wissahickon, Sandy Run and Tookany: floodplains, Ida and what’s allowed
What the township codes allow for fences in creek floodplains around Fort Washington, Dresher, Ambler, Gwynedd and Elkins Park, and what Ida taught about it.
Read the guide →Deer, wildlife & pets
Deer fencing when your township caps fences at 6 ft
Penn State says a deer fence needs 7 ft; most eastern Montgomery County codes stop at 6 ft. Where you can go taller, what a variance takes, and other options.
Read the guide →Dog fences for coyote and bear country in the Philly suburbs
Coyotes in Lansdale and Wyncote, bears in Lansdale and Montgomery Township in 2026. What a dog fence can and can’t do, and local rules on wire and electric.
Read the guide →Pools
HOAs & historic
Fences for Wyncote, Elkins Park, Bryn Athyn and other historic neighborhoods
Fence rules and styles for historic neighborhoods: Cheltenham’s review in Wyncote and La Mott, open 4 ft front fences, plus Bryn Athyn and North Wales notes.
Read the guide →HOA approval plus township permit: fencing in Montgomeryville and North Penn planned communities
In Montgomeryville and other North Penn planned communities a fence often needs HOA approval and a township permit. What each checks, and in what order.
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