Lincoln Municipal Code Title 27 does not set a general fence-material restriction for residential fences; its fence rules address height, measurement, and location instead. Any material limits (such as barbed wire near sidewalks) come from the building code or specific districts, not from the zoning fence section.
The city's fence section, LMC 27.72.140, regulates how tall and where a fence may be built, not what it is made of, so common residential materials are not restricted by that section. The county sets no separate residential fence-material rule either; unincorporated fences follow the County Building Code. Because the official zoning fence section contains no verbatim material prohibition, this page states honestly that no county-level material restriction was found. Check Lincoln Building & Safety for any building-code limits on electrified or barbed-wire fencing before installing them.
No zoning fence-material penalty exists in Title 27; any restriction on hazardous fencing would be enforced through the building code by Lincoln Building & Safety.
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