Prince George's County, MD Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

Sec. 27-6604, Materials, gives the master list of approved fence and wall materials for most of the county: masonry, concrete, or stone; ornamental metal (spiked tops need a Sec. 27-6610 security exemption plan in residential zones); painted, pressure-treated, or rot-resistant wood such as cedar, cypress, or teak; composite material designed to look like wood, metal, or masonry; wrought iron, welded steel, or electrostatically plated black aluminum, but not chain-link; vinyl; and walls clad to support living vegetation, plus any material the Planning Director finds equally durable and similar in appearance. In the Transit-Oriented/Activity Center base and PD zones the list narrows to native or imitation stone, brick, stucco or decorative block with a brick or stone coping, painted or stained wood, the same metal options for fences and gates, and black vinyl-coated chain link, but only around schools, daycares, recreational facilities, and similar outdoor uses.

Subsection (c), Prohibited Materials, bans four categories countywide: barbed and/or razor wire, unless it is part of an approved Sec. 27-6610 security exemption plan, sits on land in agricultural use, or protects high-voltage electrical substation equipment operated by a regulated public utility; fences of chicken wire, corrugated metal, fabric, fiberboard, garage door panels, plywood, rolled plastic, sheet metal, debris, or waste materials, unless the material is recycled and remanufactured to resemble a standard building product; chain-link in the Transit-Oriented/Activity Center zones, nonresidential zones other than IH, and the IE-PD and MU-PD zones, except to keep wildlife off produce in a community garden or urban agriculture use; and above-ground electric fencing, except to enclose livestock in the Rural and Agricultural base zones or the RE and RR zones, with below-ground electric pet-containment fencing allowed everywhere.