Bannock County, ID Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

Article VI of Chapter 17.52 of the Bannock County Code, which governs fences in every zoning district except agricultural, opens with a single material-specific standard: Section 17.52.280(A) requires that all electrical fences be UL approved, invoking the Underwriters Laboratories certification mark for electrical safety. The requirement applies wherever an electric fence is used in a residential, commercial, industrial or recreational district, and it sits ahead of the article's height and setback standards, meaning the UL requirement is a threshold condition independent of how tall or where the fence sits.

Bannock County's nonagricultural fence article does not separately prohibit barbed wire, chain link, or other specific fencing materials; the article regulates fence height at setbacks and corner sight triangles under subsections B and C, and defers to Section 17.52.290 for any exception request. Screening fences used for uses like junkyards and vehicle storage are governed separately under Section 17.52.320's screening standards, which call for a berm, a solid wood or masonry fence or wall at least six feet tall, or an equivalent hedge, rather than the electric-fence rule in this section.

Because the ordinance limits its material-specific mandate to electrical fencing, a property owner installing a standard wood, vinyl, chain-link or wire fence in a nonagricultural district in unincorporated Bannock County faces the height and setback limits of Section 17.52.280 but no separate material ban, so long as any electrified component of the fence carries UL certification.