Clark County's fully sight-obscuring (F2) fence standard permits wood, metal, brick, masonry, or other permanent materials but excludes chain-link fences with slats. The partial (F1) standard allows chain link with slats. No general residential ban on barbed wire is set in this screening chapter.
CCC 40.320.010(B) governs materials for screening fences. For the F2 fully sight-obscuring standard, fences may be made of wood, metal, brick, masonry, or other permanent materials, and specifically may not use chain-link fences with slats or similar construction. The F1 partially sight-obscuring standard is more permissive, allowing wood, metal, chain link with slats, brick, masonry, or other permanent materials. These are the county's material rules where screening is required between uses; ordinary residential yard fences are not restricted to these materials but remain subject to the six-foot height cap and sight-distance rules.
A required screening fence built of non-conforming material (e.g., slatted chain link where F2 is required) must be replaced to meet the applicable standard.
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