{
  "title": "Garland New Fence Permits: Application, Plans and Review Checks",
  "citySlug": "garland-tx",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-10-24",
  "jurisdiction": "Garland, TX",
  "scope": "Ordinary new residential fence installation in the City of Garland where no fence previously existed, not a replacement-exemption guide. The October 2026 fee ordinance and department page support the stated current charge rather than the older fee snapshot; this is not an exhaustive later-construction-ordinance check. GDC 4.101(B) replacement conditions, broader departmental corner-lot wording and the Chapter 30 permit interaction remain unresolved and excluded. Front-height endpoints follow the adopted strict less-than text, not the department's up-to shorthand. Corner visibility, pool-barrier design, retaining construction, electrical gates, special zoning/PD, easements and variance applications need applicable review; this guide is not parcel or engineering approval.",
  "articleUrl": "https://fenceadvisors.com/blog/garland-tx-fence-permits-code",
  "evidenceKind": "Editorial compilation of official guidance; not original law or an approval",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "gar-fence",
      "label": "Garland Fence permit instructions",
      "url": "https://garlandtx.gov/2173/Fence",
      "locator": "New Installations; current fee and surcharge; Obtaining a Permit; Corner Lots; front-yard guidance",
      "version": "Full live rendered page read October 24, 2026: $150 and 4.5% surcharge. Web text fetch returned an older $88 snapshot; not used for the current charge or to override strict adopted height endpoints"
    },
    {
      "id": "gar-gdc",
      "label": "Garland Development Code Article 8",
      "url": "https://ecode360.com/40084599",
      "locator": "4.100(B); 4.101(A)-(B); 4.103(C); 4.104(A)(2), (D); 4.105; 4.106; 4.109",
      "version": "Retained full official-code review October 24, 2026, including 2015/2019 section history and source version through 7697 of August 17, 2026. Relevant later 7698/7699 reviewed separately. Fresh web access was blocked, not retried or presented as a fresh full-code fetch"
    },
    {
      "id": "gar-form",
      "label": "Garland fence permit application",
      "url": "https://garlandtx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2640",
      "locator": "Project/fence information, pool/corner/gate/material scope and inspection instructions",
      "version": "January 2025 revision, prior full official retrieval retained from October 24 review. Current live Fence page still links this form; web fallback returned cache miss, no new PDF contents or completed application claimed"
    },
    {
      "id": "gar-fee",
      "label": "Garland enacted fee ordinance 7695",
      "url": "https://www.garlandtx.gov/DocumentCenter/View/24639",
      "locator": "Section 10, PDF pp.8-9; Exhibit A pp.21-22, miscellaneous residential projects and technology/equipment surcharge",
      "version": "Existing official PDF re-read locally, not downloaded again. Passed August 17, 2026; effective October 1, 2026. Department assigns the fence category; ordinance does not contain a separately named fence line"
    },
    {
      "id": "gar-irc",
      "label": "Garland residential-code amendments",
      "url": "https://ecode360.com/attachment/336601/GA6318-030f%20IRC%202015%20Amendments.pdf",
      "locator": "PDF pp.1-2, R102.4.1 and replacement R105.2 Building list",
      "version": "Existing 15-page official PDF reused and relevant text re-read locally; publication December 2022, linked to Chapter 30 Article XIII's 2015 IRC adoption. No model fence-height exemption imported and no replacement-law precedence determination made"
    },
    {
      "id": "gar-adoption",
      "label": "Garland Chapter 30 residential adoption",
      "url": "https://ecode360.com/40075515",
      "locator": "Article XIII, 30.225-.226 and local amendment link",
      "version": "Retained full official review October 24, 2026: ordinance 6850, August 16, 2016, visible amendment history through 7079, August 20, 2019. Not represented as an exhaustive uncodified-law audit"
    },
    {
      "id": "gar-map",
      "label": "Official My Garland public map",
      "url": "https://maps2.garlandtx.gov/sites/mygarland/",
      "locator": "Public map/address entry and informational/approximate/not-a-survey disclaimer",
      "version": "Retained October 24, 2026 rendered and visual entry check; no repeat parcel test or claim that a public map establishes actual property lines or PD approval"
    },
    {
      "id": "gar-provenance",
      "label": "Garland official development-code resources",
      "url": "https://www.garlandtx.gov/2125/Business-Owners",
      "locator": "City-linked eCode360 GDC destination",
      "version": "Retained full official provenance review October 24, 2026; department's commercial navigation not used to impose commercial valuation rules on an ordinary residential fence"
    }
  ],
  "facts": [
    {
      "id": "new",
      "topic": "New fence permit",
      "text": "A permit is required for a new Garland fence where none previously existed. GDC 4.101 starts with a permit requirement; its replacement exception is not a new-fence exemption.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gar-fence",
        "gar-gdc"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "fee",
      "topic": "Current posted fee",
      "text": "The live department page lists $150 for residential fencing, excluding electrical for gates, plus a non-refundable 4.5% technology/equipment surcharge. Ordinance 7695's October 1, 2026 schedule corroborates the category and surcharge, not a universal all-in total.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gar-fence",
        "gar-fee"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "plan",
      "topic": "Application drawing",
      "text": "The city prefers a property survey and allows a scaled-drawing alternative at one inch to twenty feet. Show the lot, dwelling, accessory buildings, distances to property lines, proposed fence and gates; the drawing does not establish ownership or approve encroachment.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gar-fence",
        "gar-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "front",
      "topic": "Front-height endpoints",
      "text": "The retained adopted text uses less than 3.5 feet for qualifying wood/ornamental-metal front fencing with specified openings, and less than 2.5 feet for qualifying masonry. The department's up-to wording does not establish permission at exactly those endpoints.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gar-gdc",
        "gar-fence"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "location",
      "topic": "Location and visibility",
      "text": "Engineering approval is required for the GDC's otherwise prohibited utility/drainage-easement placement. No fence may occupy a required visibility area or have a gate swing into public right-of-way. Obtain the actual corner layout from Building Inspection; no universal clip is supplied here.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gar-gdc",
        "gar-fence"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "inspection",
      "topic": "Inspections",
      "text": "The January 2025 application calls for inspection before piers are poured and after completion for fences requiring piers; other fences need completion inspection. Follow the issued project's instructions rather than assume two inspections for every fence.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gar-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "excluded",
      "topic": "Replacement questions excluded",
      "text": "The GDC replacement exception, department's broader corner-lot wording and Chapter 30 interaction remain unresolved for replacement work. This guide offers no repair/no-permit promise, precedence ruling, complete pool design or automatic variance.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "gar-gdc",
        "gar-fence",
        "gar-irc",
        "gar-adoption"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "checklist": [
    "Confirm incorporated Garland jurisdiction, zoning/PD and actual property lines; public maps are approximate, not boundary surveys.",
    "Describe a genuinely new fence line and identify materials, full height, gates and any pool, retaining, electrical or street-corner component.",
    "Prepare the property survey or city's scaled-drawing alternative with structures, boundaries, distances, easements and proposed fence/gates.",
    "Resolve front-height endpoints, visibility, street/alley frontage and Engineering/easement restrictions before ordering materials.",
    "Use the official fence application, confirm accepted intake and current charges with Building Inspection, and obtain the required issued approvals.",
    "Build to approved plans, keep required piers available before pouring, complete the applicable final inspection and retain project records."
  ],
  "reuse": "Original compilation and worksheet: CC BY 4.0. Third-party source documents are not relicensed."
}