Frisco, TX Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

5 of the Frisco Code of Ordinances makes it unlawful to erect, maintain or permit a residential fence that is electrically charged in any manner, with one narrow exception: a single-strand low-voltage wire on the fence's interior to contain pets. The same section bans barbed wire, concertina wire and razor wire outright, and bars any fence with barbs, projections, broken glass or anything else reasonably capable of hurting a person or animal. Chainlink, chicken wire and hog fence are likewise prohibited in residential districts, though a legal nonconforming chainlink fence already in place may still be repaired or replaced under the article.

A second, broader materials rule at § 18-492 applies across the fence article: no one may build a fence of rope, string, chicken wire, hog wire, wire fabric, chain, live bamboo, netting, cut or broken glass, paper, unapproved corrugated metal panels, galvanized sheet metal, plywood, or fiberglass panels, or any material not manufactured specifically as fencing. The building official can demand a manufacturer's spec sheet to confirm a material's intended use. Weaving slats, including bamboo or metal slats, through a chainlink fence to create a blind or screening fence is a separate violation in residential districts under § 18-492(c).

Wire fencing under thirty-six inches is allowed for residential horticultural use, not turf grass, and metal panel fencing is flatly barred on any residential property under § 18-492(e). Nonresidential districts get more latitude: chainlink, barbed wire and razor wire may be approved there only where the applicant demonstrates special security conditions to the building official.