Kenner, LA Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

Sec. 5-6 of the Kenner Code of Ordinances defines a fence broadly as an erection of wood rails or stakes, wrought iron, solid plastic, chain-link, masonry, hedge vegetation, or metal other than corrugated tin, built between two properties or across part of one property. The section bars fragile, readily flammable material such as paper, cloth or canvas from being used as part of a fence or as an add-on to one anywhere in the city. In areas zoned residential specifically, the allowed materials narrow to wood rails or stakes, wrought iron, solid plastic, chain-link, masonry, and hedge vegetation.

Metal fencing is still allowed in residential areas, but only if it meets a specific manufactured standard: 24- or 26-gauge metal R panel or flair panel with a polyester enamel color finish, capped with a five and three-eighths-inch cut and installed with long-life, rustproof screws, which rules out plain corrugated tin or unfinished sheet metal. Height and hazard rules layer on top of the material rules: any fence taller than 8 feet cannot be built of combustible material, regardless of district, and barbed wire or any other material the director considers hazardous cannot be strung less than 7 feet above the ground or grade where it runs along public thoroughfares, parks, or adjacent properties, keeping the sharpest material out of reach at ground level.

The same fence-material list is restated in the separate Housing Code minimum standards at Sec. 5-86, which also requires that all fences and accessory structures be kept structurally sound and in good repair as an ongoing maintenance obligation on the owner, independent of the height and material rules in Sec. 5-6.