Fence or deck costs in Port St. Lucie

In Port St. Lucie, the city has reserved the right to use and cross private land through city-owned easements, for stormwater and drainage, water, sewer and reuse lines. That shapes where your fence can go. The Building Department's fence checklist says unpermitted work that hinders a city easement is prohibited. Inside a 20-foot-wide city easement, a fence may be allowed if you're granted a revocable encroachment permit.

The word revocable matters. If the city asks, you have to remove the fence from the easement, permitted or not, and the removal is on you. If you don't do it, the city can, under Chapter 55 of its code, and then collect from the owner.

Pools follow their own track. If the fence will double as the pool safety barrier and goes in while the pool is being built, its application goes in with the pool permit. A stand-alone pool barrier permit asks for installation instructions, a gate detail and the barrier's height.

An ordinary fence permit here is a zoning permit filed with the Building Department. The application asks for the material, the height and whether the lot is on a corner. You initial that you've received the city code sections that govern fences, and both the installer and the owner sign in front of a notary. Attach a survey or an accessory use map that shows where the fence goes.