Killeen, TX Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

Sec. 31-858(a) prohibits fencing built from materials not originally intended for fences, naming plywood, particleboard, corrugated metal, railroad ties, tires, and door panels as examples of banned makeshift material; R-Panel and U-Panel metal fencing is allowed only if it is coated and capped at the top. Subsection (b) separately bans used or salvaged fencing that is weathered, worn, rusted, corroded, or otherwise deteriorated, regardless of what it is made of. Subsection (c) requires that chain-link fencing be black or green vinyl-coated, with posts and hardware painted to match, on every use except agricultural, single-family, two-family, and manufacturing uses zoned M-1 or M-2.

Subsection (d) is the barbed wire and electric fencing ban: it applies in every district except A (Agricultural) and A-R1 (Agricultural Single-Family), and it also carves out an exception for existing agricultural uses located in any other district. Sec. 31-858(e) allows security fencing, including barbed wire, razor wire, or concertina wire, in M-1 and M-2 manufacturing districts and at utility facilities such as electric substations and water and sewer pumping stations, but only if the wire sits at least 6 feet off the ground; fencing topped with broken glass is banned citywide with no district exception.

Temporary construction fencing under (f) may use uncoated chain link with a mesh or fabric screen while a building permit is active, but it must come down when the permit expires or construction ends, whichever happens first, and no certificate of occupancy will issue while it is still standing.