Toledo, OH Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

0404B sets material standards for any fence built in the city, whether or not the fence is being used to satisfy the landscaping and screening requirements of Chapter 1108. No fence may be built from used or discarded materials in a state of disrepair, the code specifically names pallets, doors, tires, corrugated metal and tree trunks as examples, but the ban reaches any similar salvaged item. More broadly, within a residential zoning district, materials that were not specifically manufactured for fencing cannot be used to build or construct a fence at all, closing off improvised fencing from scrap lumber, signage or other repurposed material.

Fence posts must be structurally stable, and wood fence posts specifically must be treated lumber so they hold up outdoors. The finished side of the fence, the side without visible framing or posts, has to face the adjacent property, street or place, not the fence owner's own yard. Chain link fencing is singled out for one more restriction: it cannot be used to satisfy the buffer and screening requirements elsewhere in Chapter 1108, even though it remains a legal fencing material generally. 0404.