Brooklyn Park, MN Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

1010, prohibits the same four fencing types on both residential and nonresidential land: electric fences, concertina wire, barbed wire, and chicken wire cannot go up anywhere in the city under (A)(5) for residential property and (C)(6) for nonresidential and mixed-use property. Chain link is not banned but comes with specific construction and appearance rules. Every chain link fence needs a top rail, and its posts cannot be spaced more than ten feet apart. A chain link fence in the front yard has extra cosmetic requirements: it must be coated black, brown, or green vinyl rather than left as bare galvanized metal, and it cannot carry privacy slats woven through the mesh, a common way homeowners try to add screening to an otherwise open fence.

1010(C)(7)(c) adds one more construction detail: barbed ends on a commercial chain link fence must be placed at the bottom rather than the top. Separate provisions cover temporary fencing: silt and other construction fencing must come down once a project is finished, and snow fencing cannot go up before November 1 or stay past April 1, though the City Manager can extend removal if snow still sits within a foot of the fence line.