ACC Supplemental Rules Attachment 2: Examples of Acceptable and Unacceptable Fences

Amendments to the ACC Supplemental Rules, including these pictures, were approved by the HOA Board on August 17, 2011

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Examples of Acceptable Fences

Acceptable: Split rail, unfinished / weathered

1. Acceptable: Split rail, unfinished / weathered

Acceptable: Split rail with Vermin Wire

2. Acceptable: Split rail with Vermin Wire


Acceptable: Picket fence with pilasters and cedar pickets colored to match house stucco

3. Acceptable: Picket fence with pilasters and cedar pickets colored to match house stucco

Acceptable: Coyote fence, uniform height, with pilasters matching house stucco

4. Acceptable: Coyote fence, uniform height, with pilasters matching house stucco


Acceptable: Picket fence with pilaster color matching house stucco, cedar pickets unfinished

5. Acceptable: Picket fence with pilaster color matching house stucco, cedar pickets unfinished

Acceptable: Wall with railing

6. Acceptable: Wall with railing


Steel pipe with Vermin Wire – Acceptable only on horse corral

7. Steel pipe with Vermin Wire – Acceptable only on horse corral

Steel pipe with rails – Acceptable only on horse corral

8. Steel pipe with rails – Acceptable only on horse corral


Acceptable: Solid picket fence used as screen. Pilasters not required since length is less than 25 feet.

9. Acceptable: Solid picket fence used as screen. Pilasters not required since length is less than 25 feet.

Acceptable : Screening fence with pickets spaced about 2” apart

10. Acceptable : Screening fence with pickets spaced about 2” apart


Acceptable : Screening fence with pickets on alternate sides of rails

11. Acceptable : Screening fence with pickets on alternate sides of rails

Acceptable : Coyote fence without pilasters, and no visible support members

12. Acceptable : Coyote fence without pilasters, and no visible support members


Examples of Unacceptable Fences

Unacceptable: Chain Link with Barbed Wire

13. Unacceptable: Chain Link with Barbed Wire

Unacceptable: Rolled Livestock Fencing (no barbs)

14. Unacceptable: Rolled Livestock Fencing (no barbs)


Unacceptable: Vermin Wire with only vertical posts

15. Unacceptable: Vermin Wire with only vertical posts

Unacceptable: Vermin Wire with only vertical posts

16. Unacceptable: Vermin Wire with only vertical posts


Unacceptable : Solid fence without pilasters Must have pilasters if longer than 25 feet.

17. Unacceptable : Solid fence without pilasters Must have pilasters if longer than 25 feet.

Unacceptable: Coyote fence with railroad ties

18. Unacceptable: Coyote fence with railroad ties


Unacceptable: Formal, white posts and rails

19. Unacceptable: Formal, white posts and rails

Unacceptable: Formal, posts and rails “painted” wood tone with PhotoShop

20. Unacceptable: Formal, posts and rails “painted” wood tone with PhotoShop


Unacceptable: Formal, white posts and rails with pilasters

21. Unacceptable: Formal, white posts and rails with pilasters

Unacceptable: Formal with pilasters, posts and rails “painted” wood tone with PhotoShop

22. Unacceptable: Formal with pilasters, posts and rails “painted” wood tone with PhotoShop


Unacceptable: Steel pickets

23. Unacceptable: Steel pickets