New Fence Installation in Georgetown, CO

A new fence is one of the smaller projects on this list and one of the harder ones to research honestly for Georgetown. The Town publishes a Fences, Walls and Gates guide, but the posted document is a scanned image with no machine-readable text, and the Town’s zoning code lives in a Municode system we could not pull section text from either. So this page tells you plainly what we’ve confirmed, what we haven’t, and exactly how we close that gap before we build anything.

Fences Are a Permitted Project in Georgetown

The Town lists “Fences, Walls and Gates” as one of its published building guides, alongside guides for decks, roofing, and additions — confirming fences are a recognized permit category in Georgetown, filed with the Town rather than Clear Creek County for in-town property.

That much is solid: a new fence in Georgetown goes through a Town permit process, not a county one, with SAFEbuilt handling plan review and inspections under contract to the Town.

Why We Can’t Give You a Height Number Yet — And What We Do Instead

The specific numbers that matter most for a fence project — maximum height in the front yard versus the side and rear yards, required setbacks from the property line, sight-triangle rules at corners and driveways, and any pool-barrier height — are the kind of detail that normally lives in a town’s zoning code or a fence guide’s dimensioned diagram. Georgetown’s posted fence guide is an image-only scan we could not extract text from, and the Town’s zoning code on Municode is a JavaScript-based library we could not pull readable section text from either.

Rather than borrow a height or setback number from a different Colorado mountain town and present it as Georgetown’s rule, we treat every one of those figures as unconfirmed until we get it directly from the Town’s building or planning staff for the property in question. We would rather tell you that plainly than guess and have a fence built to the wrong number.

Materials and the Historic District

Georgetown sits inside a National Historic Landmark District, and the Town’s Design Review Commission reviews exterior site work — language the Town uses broadly enough to plausibly cover a new fence on a visible lot line, though we have not found a Town statement naming fences specifically as reviewed or pre-approved.

For a lot inside the historic core, we ask the DRC directly whether a proposed fence material and height need a Certificate of Appropriateness before a homeowner buys material, the same way we would for siding or an addition.

Colorado 811 Before Any Post Hole

Whatever the final height and setback numbers turn out to be, every fence post hole in Colorado — Georgetown included — needs a utility locate requested through Colorado 811 before digging starts. That’s a statewide requirement, not a Town-specific one, and it applies regardless of how small the fence project is.

We build the locate request into the schedule with enough lead time that digging doesn’t get held up waiting on marked lines.

What We Confirm With the Town Before Building

Before we finalize a Georgetown fence design, we get the following in writing or in a documented conversation with Town or SAFEbuilt staff: the maximum allowed height for the specific yard (front versus side/rear), the required setback from the property line, whether a sight-triangle restriction applies at a corner lot or near a driveway, and whether the DRC needs to review the material and height for the property’s location.

None of those get treated as assumed facts on our end. If a homeowner wants a number before that confirmation is done, we say what we know, what we don’t, and what we’re waiting on — not a placeholder figure presented as final.

How We Sequence a Georgetown Fence Project

The sequence starts with a call to the Town to confirm height, setback, and sight-triangle rules for the specific lot, plus a DRC check if the property sits in the historic core. Once those numbers are confirmed, we request a Colorado 811 utility locate with enough lead time before digging.

Post layout follows the confirmed setback line, footings go in below the required depth for the post height and soil conditions, and the fence goes up to the confirmed material and height. We close the project with the Town’s required inspection, if one applies to the specific fence type and height, rather than assuming a low fence is automatically inspection-exempt.

That extra confirmation step at the front end is what keeps a small fence project from turning into a rebuild after the fact.

Common Questions

Does Clear Creek County or the Town of Georgetown permit a new fence in town?
The Town of Georgetown permits fences for in-town property; the county states that property inside Georgetown’s limits is not permitted through Clear Creek County. The Town publishes a Fences, Walls and Gates guide confirming fences as a permit category.

How tall can my Georgetown fence be?
We don’t have a confirmed number to quote yet. The Town’s posted fence guide is an image-only scan and its zoning code is in a system we couldn’t extract text from, so we get the exact height and setback figures directly from the Town for your specific lot before finalizing a design.

Does my fence need historic district approval?
It may, if your property is in Georgetown’s historic core. The Design Review Commission reviews exterior site work broadly, though we haven’t found a Town statement naming fences specifically. We confirm this with the DRC before ordering material.

Do I need a utility locate before installing a fence in Georgetown?
Yes. Every fence post hole in Colorado requires a utility locate requested through Colorado 811 before digging, regardless of the fence’s size or the Town’s specific permit requirements.

Talk to Us About Your Project

Tell us your lot’s location, whether it’s a corner lot, and whether the property sits in Georgetown’s historic core. We confirm height, setback, and any Design Review Commission requirement with the Town before we design or price the fence.