Richland County's LDC does not ban common residential fence materials like wood, vinyl, chain-link, or aluminum, but masonry and concrete walls require a building permit and structural review. Screening and buffer fences for certain uses must be opaque and meet minimum heights.
For ordinary residential fences, the Richland County Land Development Code (Chapter 26) regulates height and location rather than banning specific materials, so wood, vinyl, aluminum, and chain-link are generally allowed within the height limits. The main material-based rule is that masonry and concrete walls require a building permit and structural review because of their weight and engineering. Where the code requires screening or buffering between incompatible uses, it specifies performance standards: for example, a screening fence in a buffer transition yard must be a minimum of eight feet with the finished side facing away from the screened property, and required masonry screening walls must be a minimum of six feet. Barbed wire and razor wire are typically limited to non-residential
Using a material or wall type that requires structural review without a permit can trigger a stop-work order and after-the-fact permitting; deficient required screening can block use approval.
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