Livonia, MI Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

070 of the Livonia Code of Ordinances lists four categories of prohibited fences citywide. 070(A), it is unlawful to construct or maintain a barbed wire fence, in whole or in part, between or abutting residential properties, along any street, or in front of a public place; the only carve-out is for manufacturing plants that do not abut residential property or public utility installations, where stranded barbed wire may sit on arms angled inward at least six feet above grade, and coils of barbed wire, concertina wire, or razor wire are barred in every zoning district regardless.

070(B) bars fences with sharp or pointed tops, broken glass, affixed spikes, projecting nails, or other pointed hardware, and bars gates built so that a pointed member projects when the gate is open or partially open. 070(C) prohibits any fence charged or connected to an electrical current capable of conducting a shock to a person, animal, or object that contacts it, though the section carves out below-ground electric fences, such as invisible pet-containment wire. 070(D) requires fence material to be new unless the Inspection Department first examines and approves used material as sound and suitable, and separately bans plastic or similar strips woven into chain link or other woven-wire fencing, as well as fences built of opaque fiberglass panels. 44 must comply.