Acworth, GA Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

' The rule does not distinguish by zoning district or land use, it applies to any fence in the city carrying one of these features. Practically, that means a standard residential fence topped with barbed wire or spikes at typical fence height, around four to six feet, does not comply; the hazardous element has to sit above the six-foot line, which in most cases means adding a taller post or extension specifically to carry the wire or charge above that threshold. This sits within the same subsection that sets the city's general fence height ceiling of eight feet in a required yard (four feet within a residential front setback) and the six-foot minimum height for a solid or opaque fence used as a landscape buffer, so a fence combining a compliant eight-foot main structure with barbed wire mounted at the very top would still fail unless the wire itself clears six feet.

Electric fencing is treated the same way as barbed wire and spikes: the charge-carrying element, not just the fence itself, must be above the six-foot mark. There is no separate residential exemption or agricultural carve-out written into this clause.