Kent County restricts no fence materials. Bans on barbed wire, electric, or chain-link fencing (and front-yard material limits) come from your municipality's zoning code under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act. There is no county material rule.
Kent County adopts no ordinance restricting fence materials because it does not zone. Under the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (MCL 125.3201), each city, village, or zoned township decides which materials are allowed. Common municipal limits include prohibiting barbed wire and electrified fencing in residential districts and restricting chain-link in front yards. For example, the City of Grand Rapids zoning ordinance limits chain-link in front yards and specifies decorative fencing for certain front-yard situations. Because rules differ sharply between Grand Rapids, Kentwood, Wyoming, Walker, and the townships, confirm allowed materials with your own municipality before purchasing.
Municipal zoning offices enforce material rules through correction notices, civil infractions, and removal orders. The county does not regulate or enforce fence materials.
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Kent County has no ordinance using the word 'hoarding,' but its adequate-care, sanitary-condition, and cruelty provisions let Animal Control seize animals ke...
Kent County, MI
Kent County's Animal Control Ordinance does not address feeding wild animals. Deer and elk baiting and feeding are regulated statewide by the Michigan DNR, w...
Kent County, MI
Kent County requires licensing and leashing only for dogs, not cats. Cats are still covered by the ordinance's adequate-care and cruelty provisions, and by M...
Kent County, MI
Kent County sets no general household pet cap, but any establishment keeping three or more dogs for sale, boarding, breeding, or training for pay is a 'kenne...
Kent County, MI
Backyard composting is allowed and encouraged in Kent County. Michigan law bans yard clippings from landfills, and the Kent County Department of Public Works...
Kent County, MI
Kent County has no artificial-turf ordinance. Whether synthetic grass is allowed in a front yard is a city or township zoning and property-maintenance questi...
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