Overland Park, KS Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

140(C)(1) caps fences and walls citywide at a maximum height of 8 feet above average grade, subject to the location restrictions in the rest of the subsection. 140(C)(5)(a) adds placement rules by yard: a fence or wall may not go in the front yard or in front of the front platted building line, whichever is more restrictive, with only a narrow exception for a decorative entry fence that is 3 feet or less in height, extends no more than 12 feet in front of the residence, stays at least 15 feet from any street right-of-way, and cannot fully enclose the yard.

In the rear yard, a fence may sit on the property line where it abuts another lot or a thoroughfare, but on a double-frontage lot backing a super-collector, collector or local street it must stay at least 15 feet off the rear line. Side yard fences may run on the property line too, except they must stay 15 feet clear of any super-collector, collector or local street right-of-way, and no fence in any yard may sit inside a platted landscape easement unless it is part of an approved master fence/screening plan.

060, every corner lot must maintain two sight distance triangles, with a 15-foot short leg and a 140-foot long leg measured along the pavement edge, and the area inside those triangles must stay free of any fence, shrubbery or other obstruction taller than 2 feet measured above the edge of pavement nearest the obstruction. 060 sight triangle.