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Maintenance-Free Outdoor Solutions designs and builds vinyl, aluminum, steel and composite fence in Hazelwood, Missouri. The city sets your height limit by how open the fence is rather than what it is made of, and a solid privacy fence is allowed to be taller than a picket.
Hazelwood classifies fences by how much light passes through them, and the result catches people out. A solid privacy fence can go to six feet. A fence with thirty percent or more of its surface open is capped at four.
That is the opposite of what most homeowners expect, and it decides the design before anything else does. The classification comes from the cross sections between the posts, and the ordinance says plainly that it applies whatever the supporting posts are made of.
A building permit is required for every fence, and that includes replacing one you already have. Two sets of plot plans showing the fence location go to the Department of Public Works for approval before any work starts.
Why Customers Choose Maintenance-Free Outdoor Solutions
The ground is kinder here than in much of the metro. Most of Hazelwood maps as Menfro, the deep wind-blown silt loam that digs cleanly and holds a post well, mixed with urban land and Harvester where the subdivisions were graded. Toward the low ground it turns to Fishpot, Nevin and some SansDessein clay, which swells and shrinks with the seasons and will push a shallow post out of plumb. Depth gets set for whichever one your line crosses.
- We Classify The Fence Before We Quote It. Six feet or four feet in Hazelwood depends on how open the panel is. We settle which class your design falls into with Public Works rather than discovering it at inspection.
- Nothing To Paint Or Repair. The code requires every fence to be kept in good condition and repair, construction and paint included, with Public Works deciding whether you have done it. Vinyl, aluminum, steel and composite leave the department nothing to write up.
- 25 Years To Lifetime Warranties. All our vinyl fencing products carry at least 25-year manufacturing warranties, most of them lifetime.
- Installed By Our Own Crews. Your fence is built by our own people rather than handed to a subcontractor. The crew that quotes it is the crew that stands behind it.
- We File The Plot Plans. Two sets showing where the fence runs, submitted to the Department of Public Works and approved before we start. Replacements included.
- Financing Available. Financing through Synchrony for qualified buyers.
Which Fence Type Fits Your Hazelwood Property?
Material is your decision in Hazelwood. Height is the code’s, and it hangs entirely on how open the finished panel is. Here is what each of the four we install does under that rule.
What Fence Styles Are Popular for Hazelwood Homes and Businesses?
Hazelwood divides a property at the building line, then divides fences by how much light passes through them.
In front of the building line almost nothing is allowed. A swag or decorative fence may go there if it is no higher than thirty inches. That is a garden edge rather than a boundary, and it is the only thing the code permits between the house and the street.
Behind the building line the height depends on the class. A privacy fence, defined as one allowing little or no air or light through, may be built to six feet and may sit on the property line. Solid vinyl and composite live here, and it is where most Hazelwood back yard work lands.
A fence with thirty percent or more of its surface open is treated separately and capped at four feet. Spaced picket runs and semi-privacy panels fall under that limit, which is why a four foot picket and a six foot privacy fence often sit on the same street.
Corner and double frontage lots carry their own restriction. The fence may run along the side property line only as far as the building line on that street side, and nothing is permitted between that building line and the street right-of-way.
Ornamental aluminum is open by design, so its ceiling depends on which class Public Works assigns it. We settle that before quoting rather than assuming it.
A Clear Fence Installation Process for Hazelwood Properties
Two sets of plot plans go to Public Works before anything is built, replacements included. We prepare them.
Free
Estimate
We pace the boundary, locate the building line, check what is underfoot and work out the price. No charge.
Onsite
Consultation
Grade, gates, the building line on a corner lot and how much of the run needs to be solid all change the layout.
Layout and Quote
Review
The run, the height, the style and the number all get your approval first.
Fence Class and Height Check
We confirm with Public Works which class your design falls into, because that is what sets your ceiling at six feet or four, and we do it before material is ordered.
Scheduling and Installation
Our own crew sets the posts, with depth chosen for deep loess silt or for clay that moves with the seasons.
Cleanup and Final Walkthrough
Everything we brought in leaves with us, and we walk the completed run together before we go.
What Should You Know About Hazelwood Fence Rules?
Hazelwood puts real detail into its fence code, and most of it concerns how open the fence is rather than what it is built from.
Hazelwood sets its fence standards in Section 405.390 of the zoning regulations, and the structure is worth understanding before you settle on a design.
A building permit is required for all types of fences. No fence may be constructed or replaced until that permit is issued by the Department of Public Works, and two sets of plot plans showing the fence locations have to be submitted and approved. Replacing an existing fence is not exempt.
The code then sorts fences into classes. A privacy fence is one that allows little or no air or light to pass through. It may be built to a maximum of six feet, may be erected on the property line, and may be no closer to the front than the building line.
A wood or similar type fence is defined by its cross sections rather than its posts. Any fence using opaque material between or attached to the supporting posts falls in this class, whatever the posts themselves are made of. These must have thirty percent or more of their entire surface open and may not be higher than four feet.
Open mesh fences may be up to six feet on or within the property lines in side and rear yards in dwelling districts.
In front of the building line the only thing permitted is a swag or decorative fence, and it may not exceed thirty inches in height.
Corner lots may be fenced along the side property line only as far as the building line on that street side, and nothing is allowed between that building line and the street right-of-way. Double frontage lots follow the same principle against whichever building line applies.
Supporting members have to be located within or toward the area being enclosed, so the finished face is what the public sees.
Barbed wire is not permitted in dwelling districts, and razor-style wire is not permitted anywhere in the city.
Every fence also has to be maintained in good condition and repair, in regard to construction and paint, and the Department of Public Works decides whether it has been.
What Do Hazelwood Customers Say?
Before you let anyone dig on your property it is fair to look them up first. These ratings are public, current and take about a minute to check.
We hold a 4.7 star average on Google. Read the reviews on Google.
★★★★★
Our fence installation team of Shane, Andrew and RJ were highly skilled and great to work with. Even when we threw them a last minute design change, they quickly came up with a perfect solution and integrated it into the finished design. We love our new fence.
Aaron PayneGoogle review
★★★★★
Shane and Red were great. They did a thorough job installing our fence. I would highly recommend MFOS, Shane and Red!
Scott BiermanGoogle review
★★★★★
We are so very happy with MFOS. They did a fantastic job on our fence and completed the job on time. They were on time and very professional. This is the second time we have used them to install a fence for us. Excellent company to work with.
Debbie YoungloveGoogle review
What Does a Fence Cost in Hazelwood?
Hazelwood pricing turns on the class question more than most places do. A six foot privacy run and a four foot open picket are different quantities of material for the same length of line, so the height rule moves the number before anything else gets considered.
Length, gate count and grade do the rest. Clay ground at the low end of the city can need deeper posts, and that risk stays with us under our hard hole policy rather than appearing as an extra.
For current per-foot ranges by style and height, see our 2026 vinyl fence pricing guide, or the guides for pool fencing and aluminum. We then measure the run and give you one written price, at no charge.
Fence Planning FAQs
Call us on 636-464-1144. In Hazelwood the two worth asking early are what class your fence falls into and whether a replacement needs a permit.
Does Hazelwood require a permit to replace an existing fence?
Yes. The code states that no fence shall be constructed or replaced until a building permit is issued by the Department of Public Works, so taking down an old fence and putting a new one on the same line still needs approval. Two sets of plot plans showing where the fence runs go in with the application. We prepare and file them as part of the job.
Why can a privacy fence be taller than a picket fence in Hazelwood?
Because the code sets height by class, and the classes are drawn on how much light passes through. A privacy fence, one that allows little or no air or light through, is capped at six feet. A fence with thirty percent or more of its surface open is capped at four. Most people expect the more open fence to be allowed the extra height, and here it is the other way round. If you want six feet you are choosing a solid panel. If you want to see through it you are accepting four.
How does Hazelwood classify a vinyl fence?
By what sits between the posts rather than by the posts themselves. The code defines a wood or similar type fence as one using opaque material for the cross sections, and says that definition applies despite the material used for the supporting posts. So a solid vinyl panel reads as a privacy fence and gets six feet, while a spaced vinyl picket leaving thirty percent or more open falls in the four foot class. We confirm the classification with Public Works before ordering rather than guessing at it.
Ready to Plan Your Fence Project?
Tell us where the line runs and how much privacy you need. We will tell you which class that puts you in, file the plot plans and build it with our own crew.