Victorian Consolidated Regulations

Building Regulations 2006 - SECT 427

Fences on street alignments

427. Fences on street alignments



(1) Despite regulation 425(1), the report and consent of the relevant council
must be obtained to an application for a building permit to construct a fence
within 9m of a point of intersection of street alignments and exceeding a
height of 1m above the footpath.

(2) A fence adjacent to a street alignment or public open space must not
contain barbed wire or other sharp protrusions unless-

   (a)  despite regulation 425(1), the fence is set back at least 150mm from
        the street alignment or boundary of the public open space; or

   (b)  the barbed wire or other sharp protrusion is at a height of at least
        2m above the level of the street or public open space.