Cass County, MO Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

' Read together with the height rule in the same subsection, that means a typical suburban residential lot under three acres cannot have an electric fence at all, while agricultural and larger rural-residential parcels, common across unincorporated Cass County's A, R-R and R-S districts, can use one if it also satisfies the electrical standards the County Building Codes Department enforces under Chapter 500. The Zoning Order does not separately prohibit barbed wire, chain link, or other fencing materials for residential use; the acreage threshold applies specifically to electrified fencing, which is the material category the code singles out for its own standard. 030(A)(23)(o) that apply to fences generally. 030(A)(22)(e).