Ottawa County sets no fence standards; your township or city does. Georgetown Township requires every fence to conform to its zoning district and makes it unlawful to build any fence in a public right-of-way.
Because the county does not zone (MCL 125.3201), the baseline rules come from Georgetown Township, the City of Holland, Hudsonville or your local unit. Georgetown requires the erection, construction, or alteration of any fence to conform to the applicable zoning district and prohibits fences in public rights-of-way. Corner-lot clear-vision rules apply: in Holland a 20-foot clear-vision area (measured 20 feet each street side) allows nothing over 3 feet except deciduous trees. Holland also limits free-standing fence sections of 16 feet total or less to 'landscaping,' and requires only chain-link within a drainage easement.
Non-conforming fences and right-of-way fences are zoning violations. Georgetown enforces via civil infraction ($100–$500 first; $500–$1,000 subsequent), each day a separate offense (§30.3).
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