Redmond fences, walls, and the open permit points
The fence handout says a fence over six feet needs a building permit before it is erected or modified, and it treats a wall within five feet of a fence as part of that fence. Rockery and retaining-wall fences may not exceed eight feet without a valid justification. The zoning text sets six feet in the UR, RA-5, and R1 through R30 zones and eight feet elsewhere, and it caps a fence and wall within five feet of each other in a setback at eight feet combined, unless staff approve an adjustment.
Walls not over four feet from the footing’s base to the top are exempt unless they carry a surcharge, while driveways, sidewalks, and detached decks are exempt when they stand no more than 30 inches above grade and sit over no basement or story. The right-of-way page covers driveway and sidewalk replacement or modification, but it names neither driveway approaches nor curb cuts.
The clearing chapter adopts the 2019 Ecology manual, and its cut and fill limits were not in the text we read, so they stay open until the city answers.
Nearby, we also build in Bothell, Kirkland, Woodinville, and Sammamish, and we serve the rest of western Washington.