Geography
Rules vary by location
5 city briefings currently meet the source standard. Coverage expands only after official links, scope notes and review dates are complete.
CA
California
California cities tend to be specific about fence height in front yards, accessory-dwelling rules, and wildfire-adjacent building. State ADU law overlays local zoning — it does not erase building permits.
2 verified city briefings
TX
Texas
Many Texas cities are comparatively straightforward on fences and sheds, with HOAs doing as much gating as the building department. Always separate city code from deed restrictions.
2 verified city briefings
AZ
Arizona
Block walls, view corridors, and HOA design guidelines do as much as city hall. Heat and masonry detailing matter more than frost.
1 verified city briefing
What a verified city page contains
A city page is not a summary of the municipal code. It is a map of the process: which department reviews a backyard project, how zoning review and building review are separated, what to bring to the counter, and the questions worth asking before you draw anything. Each local statement sits next to the official page it came from, with the date it was read, so you can check the current rule yourself rather than trust a paraphrase.
Why so few cities
Most backyard rules are local, and a city page that guesses them is worse than none. A city enters this index only after its official sources have been read, scoped and dated. The research queue below lists the states whose cities have no page yet; each gets one when that review is done. The permit checker covers every state with the national pattern in the meantime.
Research queue
Florida, New York, Colorado, Washington, North Carolina, Illinois, Georgia have no page until a city-level official-source review is completed.