Lexington, KY Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

Sec. ' The prohibition reaches any structure that uses electricity to repel, not just wire fencing, and applies whether the barrier sits on the residential lot itself or merely adjacent to it. as a separate offense,' so an unremoved electric barrier accrues a new fine daily rather than a single flat penalty. The ordinance was adopted in 1975 as Ord. No. 203-75 and was originally numbered Sec. 14-60 before the code editor renumbered it to Sec. 14-61 to avoid duplicating an existing section. Chapter 14's citation-officer table assigns enforcement of Sec.

14-61 to the director of building inspection, building inspection manager, and building inspectors in the division of building inspection, the same staff who enforce the zoning ordinance and land subdivision regulations. The prohibition is specific to electric barriers; it does not by its own text restrict other fence materials such as barbed wire, chain-link, or wood on residential property, that regulation, if any, sits in the separate zoning ordinance not covered by this section.