The Tucson Fence Company serves Vail, AZ for fence installation, fence repair and gates, with free estimates and written quotes. Call (520) 462-4332 or text a photo of the job.
Fence Installation & Repair services in Vail
Vail is not a town on paper. Voters turned down incorporation again in November 2023, so it remains unincorporated Pima County, and county rules cover every fence here. The community runs along Interstate 10 southeast of Tucson, between the Rincon Mountains and the Santa Ritas, at a slightly higher elevation than the city. Housing is a mix: subdivisions with block walls and HOA rules, and older ranch parcels of an acre or more where owners want to fence horses, goats or a large garden. Cienega Creek and the Pantano Wash carry fast water in summer, and a fence that crosses a mapped floodplain needs the flood control district's approval. Rattlesnakes, javelina and coyotes are regular visitors, so people ask about tight mesh at the bottom of a rail fence and solid gates with no gap underneath. Rocky soil and caliche make some holes slow.
Neighborhoods we cover in Vail
- Rancho del Lago
- Coyote Creek
- New Tucson
- Rincon Valley
- Rocking K
- Colossal Cave Road area
Permits and local rules
Vail is unincorporated, so Pima County Development Services is the permit office. The county lists non-retaining walls and fences no more than 7 feet high as not needing a building permit. On lots of one acre or more, the county zoning code allows walls or fences up to 8 feet in side and rear yards. Work in a mapped floodplain needs a Floodplain Use Permit.