Pinecrest · Miami-Dade County · Service area

Fence installation, estate walls, and pool-barrier permits in the Village of Pinecrest.

Serving the Village of Pinecrest — an incorporated municipality in Miami-Dade County, FL.

Allday Fence brings 20 years of experience across Miami-Dade building departments. We are a licensed specialty fence contractor — fences, concrete (CBS) walls, and columns — and in Pinecrest that full scope matters: an estate frontage here is defined as often by a low stucco wall and masonry columns as by a picket line. It means building for large estate lots and a Village that guards its open, tree-canopied streetscape — where the front-yard fence rule, the annual permit inspection, and the pool-barrier code all read differently than they do a few miles up US-1.

Why fences are different in the Village of Pinecrest

Pinecrest incorporated in 1996 as a low-density Village of big lots, mature tree canopy, and long estate frontages along corridors like Old Cutler Road, Red Road, and Pinecrest Parkway. Its zoning is built around that character: most homes sit in the Village’s estate (EU) and residential (RU) districts, and the fence code is written to keep the street edge open and green rather than walled off. The result is a set of rules that a homeowner moving in from a denser Miami-Dade neighborhood usually gets wrong on the first try — a solid six-foot wall along your front is not something you can simply put up here.

That plays out whether your lot backs up to the Banyan Bowl and the botanical grounds of Pinecrest Gardens (the former Parrot Jungle, and the Village’s signature landmark), sits near Coral Pine Park with its lighted tennis and pickleball courts, fronts the fields of Evelyn Greer Park, sits in the Suniland area off South Dixie Highway, or runs along one of the deep estate blocks off Red Road or Old Cutler. On the biggest lots the fence job is really three jobs — a street-facing elevation, interior privacy runs, and a pool barrier — each governed by its own line of the code.

We measure first. Then we build. Every Pinecrest install starts with a MyHausFax™ property compliance report so we know the parcel’s permit history, open permits, setbacks, and any recorded deed restrictions before a post hole is ever marked.

Fence permit rules in the Village of Pinecrest

The rules below are the general framework for a residential fence, wall, gate, or hedge in Pinecrest, drawn from the Village’s own land development regulations (Code of Ordinances Chapter 30, Article 5, Division 5.5 for fences, walls, and hedges and Division 5.6 for pool barriers, as codified on the official Municode library). Allday Fence confirms the current code against your exact address and zoning district before we quote, and we pull the permit. A few parcel-specific items — the exact survey and product-approval submittal package, the valuation-based fee, and turnaround — we confirm directly with the Village’s Building and Planning Department for your address.

A permit is required. A fence needs its own permit in Pinecrest. The Village’s permit-application affidavit has the property owner certify they understand that separate permits are required for a fence (the affidavit lists “FENCE” right alongside pool, driveway, window, roofing, and the trades) — there is no small-fence exemption. Both the property owner’s and the contractor qualifier’s signatures on the application must be notarized, and any project over $2,500 requires a recorded Notice of Commencement posted at the jobsite before work starts — filed under the Allday Fence contractor entity.

Height — the street edge is the headline difference:

Interior side and rear (estate EU / residential RU districts): walls and fences may be up to 6 ft.
Along any street, road, or right-of-way, and side fences inside the required front-yard setback: limited to 36 inches of solid construction, with up to another 36 inches of open, non-masonry fencing, pickets, or decorative features above it. The open portion must be at least 50 percent see-through — unobstructed openings no less than 3.5 inches wide. Columns are excluded from the open-spacing rule but must be spaced at least 8 ft apart.
Gates: up to 6 ft, except a gate adjacent to a street that is designed with an arch or ornamental feature may reach 7 ft at the peak. Columns/pillars: up to 8 ft in any district.
Tennis-court fences: up to 14 ft if they meet accessory-use setbacks; hedges: up to 14 ft in all districts.
How height is measured: from the average finished-site elevation to the top of the fence, taken at 5-ft intervals on both sides — and you cannot raise or lower grade to gain height. A fence adjacent to a street is measured from the average elevation of the adjoining crown of road.

Placement and finished side:

All walls, fences, and hedges must sit within your property lines unless the Village approves otherwise, and access to overhead utility easements must be preserved.
The finished side of every fence must face outward (toward the neighbor / street). Concrete-block-and-stucco (CBS) walls must be finished with stucco and paint on both sides; decorative masonry walls painted both sides. Shared-line fences require the neighbor’s access consent, with a certified-mail process if consent can’t be obtained.

Concrete walls and columns vs. a standard fence. A masonry or concrete (CBS) wall — and the concrete columns and pillars that carry a gate or anchor an estate frontage — is a different animal from a picket or aluminum fence. A wall generally needs its own footing, structural detailing, and wind-load / product-approval engineering that a lightweight fence doesn’t, and in Pinecrest’s High-Velocity Hurricane Zone the taller the wall or column, the more that engineering is a hard requirement rather than a nicety. As a licensed specialty fence contractor, Allday handles both the structural engineering and the Village permit for CBS walls, decorative masonry walls, and gate columns — the same license that covers any fence type. (We keep any specific height-to-engineering threshold parcel-specific and confirm it against the Village’s current requirements; we do not do retaining walls or structural building walls.)

Corner and driveway visibility (the “visibility triangle”): at every driveway and roadway entrance, structures and landscaping may not exceed 2.5 ft in height within the triangle of visibility so drivers and pedestrians keep a clear sightline. One concrete column is allowed within the triangle next to the driveway, but no taller than 8 ft and no wider than 19 in by 19 in including finish.

Wire, chain-link, and barbed wire:

No wire fences in the front of a property; chain link is allowed only adjacent to the side and rear. Where chain link is permitted next to a street, shrubs must be planted on both sides, 24 in on center, at least 30 in tall when planted.
Permanent chain-link fences may not be draped or covered with fabric, mesh, or plastic (a specific Pinecrest maintenance rule). Barbed wire / electric fences are residential no-gos — permitted only in business (BU) districts as a council-approved conditional use.

Annual inspection and renewal — a Pinecrest-specific quirk. An approved fence permit is automatically renewed each year following a required annual inspection confirming the fence still complies with the Village’s regulations (good repair, no unapproved coverings). We build to that maintenance standard up front.

Pool-barrier fences. A swimming-pool safety barrier must be at least 4 ft high and non-climbable, fully enclosing the pool or the premises, with a self-closing, self-latching spring-lock gate that stays locked when the pool is not in use. The Village does not permit gates that rely on battery-backup electric closures, and horizontal pickets can’t leave gaps a child could use. Wire barriers must be 2-inch chain link or diamond weave with a top rail, heavy galvanized. The barrier is a condition of the pool’s final inspection, and the Village’s pool-barrier rules sit on top of Florida’s Residential Swimming Pool Safety Act and the Florida Building Code. See our pool-code barrier fencing.

HVHZ and product approval (all of Miami-Dade). Pinecrest, like every Miami-Dade municipality, is in the High-Velocity Hurricane Zone. Manufactured aluminum, PVC, and vinyl fence systems generally must carry a current Florida Product Approval or Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance (NOA), and masonry walls, columns, and gate posts generally need engineer-sealed structural and wind-load detailing. The exact submittal package for your specific system we confirm with the Building and Planning Department when we pull your permit.

Survey and site plan. A current survey with a scaled site plan showing the fence location, heights, and setbacks is the norm for a Miami-Dade fence permit; the precise Pinecrest survey and site-plan package we confirm against the Village’s current requirements for your parcel.

HOA, deed restrictions, and covenants. Pinecrest is mostly individually deeded large estates rather than a city of big HOAs, but gated and deed-restricted pockets exist. The Village’s own permit affidavit spells this out: a permit application is subject to denial, and a validated permit subject to revocation or modification, based on applicable deeds, covenants, declarations, and easements — and the Village expressly makes no representation as to whether any such restriction exists. We check recorded restrictions on that property compliance report before design so a compliant fence isn’t blocked by a private covenant.

Fees and timeline. Village fees are valuation-based — there’s no published flat fence fee, so the amount tracks the value of the work. The Village’s permitting materials note that a permit “may take up to 30 working days to be processed,” which is the general processing window, not a fence-specific promise. We confirm current cost and timing with Building and Planning at 305-234-2121 as part of your quote.

Framing line: Heights, setbacks, and pool-barrier details vary by parcel, zoning district, and any recorded covenant — we confirm the current Pinecrest code for your exact address before we quote, and we pull the permit.

The permitting authority and how a Pinecrest fence project runs with Allday

Pinecrest runs its own building department — it does not permit through Miami-Dade County. Everything files through the Village of Pinecrest Building and Planning Department at 12645 Pinecrest Parkway, with a permitting counter open 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Monday-Friday, and online intake through the Village’s eTRAKiT portal. Both the property owner’s and the contractor qualifier’s signatures on the application must be notarized.

Property record pulled. We pull the property compliance report and the Village permit history — open permits, setbacks, recorded restrictions — before we quote.
Design to the Village standard. We design the street-facing elevation to the 36-inch-solid / open-picket rule, keep the visibility triangle clear at your driveway, and confirm the interior 6-ft runs and any pool barrier.
Full package filed. Notarized application, survey and site plan, product approvals / engineer detailing, and pool-barrier specs where they apply — assembled the way the Building and Planning Department expects and filed through eTRAKiT.
Review and corrections. We carry the submittal through zoning, structural, and building review and respond to any corrections.
Install + inspections. Built to the approved plans, walked with the Village inspector, corrections resolved on site — including the pool-barrier final where a pool is involved.
Permit closed — and kept current. Closed against the property record in writing, and set up for Pinecrest’s required annual fence inspection so nothing lapses. If a fence or wall is already up without a permit, our sister company Permit Solutions Services runs the after-the-fact path.

What Allday Fence installs in the Village of Pinecrest

Open-picket aluminum fencing and low masonry bases with picket above for street-facing estate frontages, 6-ft privacy runs for interior side and rear lines, concrete (CBS) and decorative masonry estate walls finished both sides to code, engineered concrete columns and gate pillars for driveways and entries, pool-code safety barriers built to Division 5.6, tennis-court and estate perimeter fencing, gated entries with compliant columns, and fence repair and storm restoration across the Village. As a licensed specialty fence contractor, that scope — any fence type plus concrete walls and columns — is all under one license, one permit, one crew. Every install is a permit-tied install — pulled, inspected, and closed against the property record.

Also serving nearby in Miami-Dade County

Pinecrest sits between several markets we work every week. Two neighbors with their own permitting departments and quirks:

Palmetto Bay fence contractor — the Village of Palmetto Bay directly south, another low-density estate market with its own building department.
Coral Gables fence contractor — the City of Coral Gables to the north, where a Board of Architects design review sits on top of the fence permit.

Allday Fence serves Miami-Dade County only — a licensed specialty fence contractor (fences, concrete walls, and columns) with 20 years of experience, permits filed, inspected, and closed against the property record on every install, from Pinecrest’s estate blocks to the pool barriers off Old Cutler.

Reviewed by Victor L. Moreno, Chief Compliance Officer, before publish. This page is general guidance, not a code determination for any specific parcel — Allday Fence confirms current Village of Pinecrest code for your exact address before quoting.

Pinecrest · fence questions

Common Pinecrest fence questions.

Why can't I put up a solid 6-foot fence along the street or front of my Pinecrest home?

Because Pinecrest treats the street-facing edge of your lot differently from the interior. Under the Village fence code, a wall or fence along a street, road, or right-of-way — and a side fence sitting inside your required front-yard setback — is limited to 36 inches of solid construction, with up to another 36 inches of open, non-masonry picket or decorative fencing above it. That open portion has to stay at least 50 percent see-through (openings no less than 3.5 inches wide). The full 6-foot solid fence is allowed only on your interior side and rear lines. It preserves the open, canopied streetscape Pinecrest is known for, and we design the front elevation to that split so it clears zoning the first time. We confirm the current code against your exact parcel before we quote.

Does Pinecrest really make me renew my fence permit every year?

Yes — this is a Pinecrest quirk most homeowners don't expect. The Village code provides that an approved fence permit is automatically renewed on an annual basis following a required annual inspection that confirms the fence still complies with the Village's land development regulations. In practice that means the Village keeps fences on a maintenance standard — free of rot and mildew, chain link not draped with fabric or mesh — over the life of the fence, not just at install. We build to that standard from day one so the annual check is a formality.

Can I run a chain-link fence across my Pinecrest front yard?

No. The Village code does not permit wire fences in the front of a property; chain link is allowed only adjacent to the side and rear lines. And where a chain-link fence is permitted next to a street, the code requires shrubs planted on both sides, 24 inches on center, at a minimum height of 30 inches when planted, to screen it. Barbed wire and electrically charged fences are effectively off the table for residential lots (allowed only in business districts as a council-approved conditional use). For a street-facing Pinecrest fence we steer you to aluminum picket or a low masonry base with open picket above, which is both compliant and what the neighborhood expects.

What does Pinecrest require for a pool barrier, and can my tennis-court fence be taller than six feet?

Two separate rules, and both come up constantly on Pinecrest's large lots. A swimming-pool safety barrier must be at least 4 feet high and non-climbable, with a self-closing, self-latching spring-lock gate that stays locked when the pool isn't in use — and the Village specifically does not allow gates that rely on battery-backup electric closures. Wire pool barriers must be 2-inch chain link or diamond weave with a top rail. Separately, fences for a private tennis court may be built up to 14 feet high as long as they meet accessory-use setbacks, and hedges may reach 14 feet anywhere in the Village. So the six-foot cap has real, code-based exceptions on an estate lot — we identify which one applies to your project before design.