For an ordinary residential fence in unincorporated Clackamas County, the ZDO restricts height and sight-obscuring placement, not the material. It does not ban wood, vinyl, chain-link, or masonry fencing; barbed/electric wire is limited mainly to farm and non-residential contexts.
Clackamas County's residential fence standards are written around height and vision clearance rather than a list of prohibited materials, so common wood, vinyl, chain-link, composite, and masonry fences are allowed if they meet the height and corner-vision limits. In commercial/industrial design contexts the ZDO does require complementary materials and sometimes sight-obscuring screening. Electrified or barbed-wire fencing is generally associated with agricultural use; check district and overlay rules before using it in a residential area. No county rule mandates a specific residential fence material.
Because materials aren't broadly restricted, enforcement focuses on height/vision violations; a non-compliant or hazardous fence can still draw a correction order from Code Enforcement.
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