Franklin County, KY Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

The height table in § 155.215(C) sets three separate limits for every district: front yard, side yard and rear yard. In the RR, RA, RB, RC, RD and RS districts a wall or fence can stand 4 feet in the front yard and 6 feet in the side and rear yards. The denser RL, RH and RM districts keep the 4-foot front limit but allow 8 feet on the side and rear. The commercial CL, CG and CH districts allow 6 feet in front and 8 feet on the side and rear. The industrial IC and IG districts allow 8 feet in all three yards. Any lot in an S or P district is not tied to the table: the printed entry reads 'Designed in accordance with plan,' so the approved plan for that district sets the height.

The introduction to § 155.215 says walls and fences are permitted in any zoning district in accordance with its provisions, and division (A) requires any wall or fence to be built entirely within the lot lines of the lot or parcel. A fence therefore cannot be pushed onto a neighbor's land or the road right-of-way to gain room.

Corner lots add a second limit in § 155.214, titled Safety and Vision. On any corner lot or curb cut, no wall, fence, structure, parking space or plant growth that obstructs sight lines at elevations between two and one-half and nine feet above the crown of the adjacent roadway can be placed or maintained inside a triangular area 25 feet along each of the intersecting streets, measured from the property line. A solid 4-foot front-yard fence that satisfies the table can still violate the triangle if the sight line is blocked at those elevations. The word maintained matters: an existing hedge or fence that grows or sits into the triangle is covered as well as a new one.

The Frankfort-Franklin County Planning and Community Development office administers Chapter 155. Frankfort has its own separate code, so these figures do not apply inside the city limits.