Wyoming, MI Fence Regulations: Height Limits (2026)

Wyoming Zoning Ordinance § 90-312 governs fences, walls and other protective barriers. Every fence needs the building inspector's approval for compliance with the chapter before it is erected, constructed or altered, and the finished side of the fence must face outward toward abutting lots and rights-of-way rather than toward the fence owner's own yard. In any required yard space, a fence cannot exceed six feet in height above the surrounding grade. That six-foot limit drops sharply near the street: no fence in the front yard, or within the first ten feet of the secondary front yard on a corner lot in a residential district, may exceed 36 inches in height above ground level, preserving sightlines near the street and driveway.

All fences must be of an ornamental nature, and the ordinance bars spikes, nails or any sharp instrument on top of or along the sides of a fence anywhere in the city, with one exception: barbed wire is allowed on top of fences in industrial zones only. The section does not itself set the corner clear-vision triangle dimensions, which the general-requirements and sign articles handle separately (§ 90-324), but sign placement near intersections is cross-referenced to that same clear-vision standard.