Ada County restricts barbed wire and electric wire fencing to farms, properties in the RP, RR, or RUT base districts, large livestock-confinement sites, or approved security uses. Chain-link fencing does not count as a screening material under the code.
Ada County Code Section 8-3-6(C) allows barbed wire and electric wire fencing only on properties that are a 'farm' as defined, are in the RP, RR, or RUT base districts, have a livestock confinement facility with more than three hundred (300) animals, or where such fencing was approved as part of a security-fencing use. Section 8-3-6(H) further limits non-agricultural security fencing using barbed or electric wire. For screening, Section 8-3-7 provides that 'Cyclone or chain link fencing (with or without slats) shall not be deemed a screening material.' These material rules apply to unincorporated land.
Installing barbed or electric wire fencing outside the permitted districts or uses is a zoning violation; Development Services may order removal or an approved alternative.
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