Fence Company in Millersburg and Tangent, Oregon
Privacy fences, cedar, chain link, gates and repairs — built to your property line by a licensed Oregon contractor who answers his own phone. Free estimates.
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What we build in Millersburg and Tangent
Fencing is the core of the business — not a sideline bolted onto a general remodelling company.
Privacy fences
Cedar dog-ear, board-on-board and shadow box, built to sit level along an uneven line.
Cedar & wood
Decorative tops, cap and trim, and horizontal styles when the look matters as much as the screening.
Chain link
Straightforward, durable containment for pets, yards and side runs.
Gates
Walk gates and double drive gates hung so they still swing true in a year.
Fence repair
Storm damage, leaning posts, rotted boards and sagging gates — repaired rather than replaced where that is the honest answer.
Decks & siding
The same crew handles decking and siding when the exterior needs more than a fence.
Millersburg and Tangent's fence rules, in plain English
Millersburg and Tangent sit on opposite sides of Albany, and they don't share a fence code. Both cap a residential fence at six feet along interior lines — but out front Millersburg allows three and a half feet, Tangent allows three, and only in Tangent will a homeowner ever need a building permit for one. Albany in between is governed separately, so don't carry a number across a city line. Here's what each city actually requires. Every figure here is Millersburg’s own code and applies inside the city limits — neighbouring cities set their own rules.
| Where the fence runs | Max height | Catch |
|---|---|---|
| Millersburg — interior side and rear lines | 6 ft | The ceiling for a residential fence under Millersburg Development Code 3.07.030(3), and the City's own fence handout says there's no process to request a taller one. |
| Millersburg — inside the required front setback (15 ft in the RL zone, 10 ft in RM) | 3 ft 6 in | This is the one that catches people. Millersburg DC 3.07.030(2) applies it along any property line next to the street, and the City's handout confirms it binds the side runs too — even on the sides within the front yard setback. Those setback depths come from DC 2.03.060 for RL and 2.05.060 for RM; other zones carry their own numbers, so check yours. |
| Millersburg — corner lot, along the street frontage that doesn't hold your main door | 6 ft | DC 3.07.030(2) allows it when the fence doesn't extend in front of the building and one of four conditions in 3.07.030(2)(a)–(d) is met: on or behind the property line where there's sidewalk and planter strip, at least 3 ft off the sidewalk where there's no planter strip, 10 ft off the face of the curb where there's curb but no sidewalk, or no closer than 3 ft off the line on an unimproved street. |
| Millersburg — fence on, part of, or within 3 ft of a retaining wall | 14 ft total | Fence and wall measured together, per DC 3.07.030(3). And within 20 ft of a street right-of-way, DC 3.07.020(7) counts the fence plus any retaining wall, berm or other structure in that same 20 ft — so a 3 ft wall there leaves you 3 ft of fence. |
| Tangent — required side, rear and interior yards | 6 ft | Tangent LUDC 5.134(14)(a) sets the six feet, and 4.111(f)(4) lets walls and fences sit right on the property line, subject to the vision clearance standards. |
| Tangent — required street-facing yards (15 ft front and 15 ft street side in the RS-10 zone) | 3 ft | Six inches lower than Millersburg's front limit, and it covers a street side yard as well as the front — LUDC 5.134(14)(a), with the RS-10 setbacks in 4.111(f). That sentence in the code is awkwardly drafted; three feet is the strict reading, so ask the City Planner before you count on anything looser. |
| Both cities — inside a clear vision triangle at a corner, alley or driveway | 24 in / 3 ft | 24 inches in Millersburg under DC 3.08.060(6), 3 ft in Tangent under LUDC 5.122(6)(c) — and inside that triangle the lower number governs, whatever you're allowed a few feet away. Millersburg measures 10 ft up a driveway or alley by 20 ft along the street (DC 3.08.060(2) and (3)), and Table 16 in 3.08.060(5) gives 20 ft each way at a local residential corner, far more on a collector or arterial. |
Six feet is the permit line in both cities — but only Tangent's is reachable at a house. In Millersburg a residential fence needs no building permit. DC 3.07.020(3) only requires one for a fence over six feet, and DC 3.07.030(3) caps a residential fence at six, so a homeowner never reaches the threshold. A business can: the 8 ft security fence in DC 3.07.040(2) needs that permit, and DC 3.07.070(4) says walls may need one of their own. Tangent draws the same six-foot line from the other side — the City's Land Use & Development page says a fence 6 ft or shorter needs no building permit, and anything over 6 ft needs a permit issued before construction, with LUDC 5.134(14)(a) adding that it may require design by an Oregon-certified engineer. One honest caveat on Tangent: the City's code articles aren't currently downloadable from its own website, so if your fence is anywhere near a limit, confirm the number with the City first.
A block wall or a berm is still a fence. Millersburg says it in one line — DC 3.07.020(1): a wall is considered a fence and gets built to the fencing requirements. Stacked block, mass timber, a berm with a wall on top: same height limits, and DC 3.07.070(4) adds that walls may require a building permit and are subject to site plan review. Plants are the exception in Millersburg. DC 3.07.030(1) names fences, walls and hedges for location, but the height caps in 3.07.030(2) and (3) reach only fences and walls, and the City's Residential Fences handout says it outright: plants aren't considered walls or fences and can be as tall as you like, except in a clear vision area (DC 3.08.060(6)). Tangent works the other way — LUDC 5.134(14)(a) lumps fences, hedges and walls into one sentence, so a hedge is held to the fence heights there.
Two smaller rules, one per city. Millersburg: where residential construction includes a pathway or walkway, DC 3.07.050 limits see-through fencing along that frontage to five feet and solid fencing to four, to keep the path from feeling like a tunnel. It's written as a standard on the development rather than on you, so it's most likely to come up in a newer subdivision — check your plat. Tangent: LUDC 5.134(14)(e) writes maintenance into the code. A fence has to be structurally maintained in a safe condition of repair, and can't lean over an adjoining property or the sidewalk, have missing sections or slats, or broken supports. Worth knowing when you're deciding between a repair and a replacement.
Barbed wire, electric and broken glass. Tangent is explicit about houses: LUDC 5.134(14)(b) says a residential fence or wall may not be constructed of or contain any material that would do bodily harm — electric, barbed or razor wire, broken glass, spikes — and link fencing under six feet has to be built with no barbed ends at the top. The same subsection does allow barbed wire above six feet on commercial or industrial property, except in the street-facing front yard, so this isn't a blanket citywide ban. Millersburg's code only authorizes barbed wire as the top section of a commercial or industrial security fence, with the wires at least 72 inches above grade and not projecting over the right-of-way (DC 3.07.040(2)); nothing in the residential rules gives you that allowance, so ask the City before you plan any of it on a house lot.
Fences in an easement or the right-of-way. Millersburg will let you build in a right-of-way or certain easements with the appropriate public agency's permission under DC 3.07.010 — but the permit holder agrees to remove the fence on request, and the City's handout spells out who pays: the fence would have to be moved at the property owner's expense, and the City wouldn't pay to rebuild it. DC 3.07.020(4) makes you provide access on request, 3.07.020(5) makes you put a gate in for any utility meter or fire hydrant you enclose, and 3.07.020(2) keeps a fence out of the sidewalk area or anywhere it would impair construction of a future public sidewalk, pathway or walkway. Tangent's rule is simpler — the City states a fence may not encroach on any neighboring property or public right-of-way. Either way, locate your line before you set posts.
Businesses: eight feet is possible in both cities. Millersburg DC 3.07.040 takes commercial and industrial fencing to six feet on any property line, or eight feet for a security fence, requires fencing adjacent to residential areas to be sight-obscuring, and keeps all of it out of a vision triangle. Anything on the Old Salem Road or Conser Road frontage is subject to design review and site plan review under 3.07.040(3), so that one's a City conversation before it's a materials order. Tangent allows eight feet on commercial or industrial property as well, dropping to six feet in a street-facing front yard setback (LUDC 5.134(14)(a)).
Call 811 first. Contact the Oregon Utility Notification Center two business days before digging. That's every post hole, in both cities.
Source: City of Millersburg — Development Code Ch. 3.07, Fencing & Screening, plus the City's Residential Fences handout · City of Tangent — Land Use Development Code 5.134(14). Summarised here in good faith and current as of July 2026; the City is the authority, and rules can change. On anything unusual — corner lots, retaining walls, an HOA — confirm with the City before you build.
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Questions Millersburg and Tangent homeowners ask
How tall can my back fence be in Millersburg?
Six feet along interior side and rear lines, and that's the ceiling — Millersburg Development Code 3.07.030(3) caps a residential fence at six feet, and the City's own fence handout says there's no process to request a taller one. No building permit is needed at that height; DC 3.07.020(3) only requires one above six feet. If the fence sits on, as part of, or within three feet of a retaining wall, the fence and wall together can't exceed 14 feet, and within 20 feet of a street right-of-way DC 3.07.020(7) counts the wall or berm toward the six.
Do I need a permit to build a fence in Tangent?
Not at six feet or under. The City's Land Use & Development page states it plainly: for a fence 6 ft or shorter no building permit is required, and the fence may not encroach on any neighboring property or public right-of-way. Over six feet, you need a building permit issued before construction, and LUDC 5.134(14)(a) notes a fence exceeding six feet may require design by an Oregon-certified engineer. Either way, height in a required side, rear or interior yard is limited to six feet, and to three feet in a required street-facing yard.
I'm on a corner lot in Millersburg — can I run six feet along the side street?
Usually yes, on the street frontage that doesn't contain your main door entrance, as long as the fence doesn't extend in front of the building. Millersburg DC 3.07.030(2) then sets how far back it has to sit, and you only need to meet one of the four: on or behind the property line where the street has sidewalk and planter strip, at least three feet off the sidewalk where there's no planter strip, ten feet off the face of the curb where there's curb and gutter but no sidewalk, or no closer than three feet off the line on an unimproved street (3.07.030(2)(a)–(d)). The clear vision area still wins at the corner itself — nothing over 24 inches inside it, per DC 3.08.060(6).
Can I put barbed wire or an electric fence around my property?
Not on a house lot. Tangent LUDC 5.134(14)(b) prohibits any residential fence material that would do bodily harm, naming electric, barbed and razor wire, broken glass and spikes, and requires link fencing under six feet to have no barbed ends on top — though that same subsection does allow barbed wire above six feet on commercial or industrial property, except in the street-facing front yard. Millersburg's code only permits barbed wire as the top section of a commercial or industrial security fence, with the wires at least 72 inches above grade and not projecting over the right-of-way (DC 3.07.040(2)); nothing in the residential rules authorizes it, so treat it as a question for the City.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes — Oregon CCB #257281, and insured. You can look the licence up yourself on the Oregon Construction Contractors Board site. Oregon requires contractors to put that number on their advertising, so if you're comparing quotes and someone doesn't show theirs, that's worth asking about.
Do you charge for an estimate?
No. Request a free quote and we'll follow up to learn more about the project — what you want built, repaired or replaced, and where the line runs.
Are you actually local?
Yes. Live Your Future Construction LLC is an Oregon company based in Albany, working Millersburg and Tangent and the mid-Willamette Valley. When you call, you get the person who'll be building your fence — not a scheduler in another state.
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