Fence Company Chicago serves Berwyn, IL for fence installation, fence repair and gates, with free estimates and written quotes. Call (773) 741-0364 or text a photo of the job.
Fence Installation & Repair services in Berwyn
Berwyn is known for its bungalows, block after block of them, in brick with tile roofs and small, neat yards. The lots are narrow and deep. The front yard is usually left open, and the city's zoning code backs that up: fences belong in the interior side yard and the rear yard, and on a corner lot only from the back wall of the house to the rear lot line. So a Berwyn fence is mostly a back yard fence with a gate to the alley. Six feet is the top height. The finished face has to look outward, which matters when two neighbors share a line and both want the good side. We also see a lot of patched cinder block and corrugated panels along alleys. Those materials are no longer allowed when the fence is rebuilt.
Neighborhoods we cover in Berwyn
- Depot District
- Central Berwyn Bungalow Historic District
- Cermak Road corridor
- Roosevelt Road corridor
- North Berwyn
- South Berwyn
Permits and local rules
Berwyn's zoning code (section 1244.04) allows fences with a building permit, up to 6 feet high, in interior side and rear yards and in the corner side yard behind the rear wall of the house. The finished side must face outward. Barbed wire, razor wire, exposed cinder or concrete block and corrugated metal are prohibited.