Fences in Whitehouse
Whitehouse sits about six miles southeast of Tyler, where State Highway 110 crosses FM 346, and has grown from 842 residents in 1960 to 8,257 in 2020. Its zoning is stricter than Tyler's about front yards: no fence or wall at all is allowed there, only a living plant screen of up to four feet.
Whitehouse incorporated in 1953 at the crossing of State Highway 110 and FM 346, and most of its housing went up after 1960 as the town grew along with Whitehouse ISD. On those subdivision lots a typical request is a new pine privacy fence along the rear and sides, set behind the front building line where the zoning ordinance allows it to reach eight feet.
Development Services works out of 101 A Bascom Road and takes permit applications through the CityTech system. The city's 2026 Residential Building Guide covers house construction but says nothing about fences, and it is not settled whether a residential fence needs a permit here. Before any post goes in, the business confirms that question with Development Services for the specific address rather than assuming either answer.
About two miles east of town lie Lake Tyler and Lake Tyler East, reservoirs built by the City of Tyler with dams finished in 1949 and 1967 and joined into one lake in 1968. Whitehouse's extraterritorial jurisdiction takes in land around the water, but the lake lots themselves are leased from Tyler. A lot in town and a lease lot a few minutes away can therefore answer to different offices, and the owner's lease terms are worth reading before a fence is drawn up.
From central Tyler the usual route is southeast on TX-110, roughly seven miles. Toll 49 runs along the west side of town, and FM 344 and FM 346 carry traffic east and south toward the lake and the farm country beyond. The whole town shares one ZIP code, 75791. Past Whitehouse, TX-110 continues on to Troup and its rural acreage.
Pine fences on open, gently rolling lots gray and dry out after a few years of sun. When boards are still sound, a cleaning and a coat of penetrating stain can slow the checking and splitting that come with age. Where posts have loosened at the ground, the stain waits until the fence is standing straight again, since a finish will not fix a post that has rotted at the ground line.
Fence installation and repair across the Tyler area:
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