Where Privacy Fences Are Allowed in Romeoville

Where the privacy row is permitted

Section 157.042 does not permit a privacy fence in a front yard or in a reverse corner yard. It permits privacy in a back-to-back corner yard and in the rear yard of an interior lot. The code marks those permitted cells. This page does not add a meaning for that mark. Walls and shadow-box fences use the same front-yard limit.

Height follows the yard. The front yard and the reverse corner yard are 3 feet, and privacy is not a permitted type there anyway. A back-to-back corner yard and the rear yard of an interior lot are 6 feet. Calling the street side of a corner lot “the backyard” does not make it a 6-foot privacy yard if it is a reverse corner yard.

The permit guide has the full type table, the setbacks, and the sight-triangle note. A privacy panel is still a privacy fence if it is vinyl or wood. An open aluminum fence is usually the wrought-iron row, which is a different permission. Chain link with slats is not a workaround. Slats are prohibited.

Boards, drainage, and the neighbors

Structural members face in, not toward a public street or a neighboring property. Boards sit at least 2 inches above grade, and a 4-inch sphere cannot pass underneath. That pair is §157.042(E). No fence may inhibit drainage. The village may remove, relocate, or alter a fence in an easement and is not responsible for replacing it.

Setbacks on the residential table are 1 foot in the front, reverse corner, and back-to-back corner, and none stated for the rear. A fence in the front yard may not run parallel to the front lot line. A privacy fence that is not allowed in the front yard does not get to ignore that rule by being called a side fence.

CMAP’s June 2026 snapshot lists 68.6 percent single-family detached homes and 16.5 percent attached homes in Romeoville. A privacy run between detached houses is the common request. An attached home can still have an association. The HOA page is the village matching rule for a development fence. This site does not state any association’s design rule.

Replacing a privacy fence that is too tall or in the wrong yard

Section 157.042(R) says replacing a nonconforming fence must bring it into compliance. A 6-foot privacy fence in a front yard is not the model for the new fence. The repair page is the repair-versus-replacement split. A permit is required to install, replace, alter, or move a fence.

The village charges a permit fee set by its fee schedule. Confirm the current amount with Romeoville Community Development before you apply. The village building-permits page is the link. The cost guide keeps Fixr’s installed ranges, updated January 31, 2025, and Angi’s figures, updated August 3, 2026, in separate rows. Prices vary. A free estimate gives the real number. A 6-foot privacy run is not Fixr’s example of 200 linear feet of 4-foot cedar picket. Use the contact form.