Troup County, GA Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

Sec. 4.5(2)(d) of the Troup County Unified Development Ordinance bans a specific list of fencing materials countywide, regardless of zoning district: fabric, metal roofing, tarps, pallets, salvaged or scrap material, dilapidated materials, sheet metal, roofing materials, cladding, and plywood. Razor wire, barbed tape, and ribbon wire are prohibited fencing materials everywhere except a commercial or industrially zoned location. Beyond that universal floor, the material rules split by district the same way the height rules do. In SU-R, SU-VL, and UR-VL, Sec. 4.5(3)(a)(ii) bars wire, woven metal, or chain link fencing unless the property carries an agricultural or industrial use, and otherwise requires ornamental or decorative fences of brick, stone, stucco, split rail, wood, aluminum, or wrought iron that stay at least 50 percent transparent, with exposed block, tires, junk, or other discarded material barred outright.

"All other zoning districts," which covers the county's AG and AG-R base, follow the more permissive list in Sec. 4.5(4)(a): barbed wire on metal or wooden posts, hog wire, crossbuck, and horse wire on metal or wooden posts, chain link fence in silver, brown, or dark green, 3-or-4-rail wood or split timber, picket fencing, wood or metal vehicle gates, metal horse gates, vertical slat wood privacy fencing on wooden posts, and decorative walls are all permitted materials there. In other words, a farm fence made of barbed wire or chain link that would be barred in a subdivision-style SU-R lot is a permitted material on AG and AG-R land.

Commercial and industrial roadway corridors carry their own added rule under Sec. 4.5(5) limiting walls in the buffer to low-lying decorative or slope-stabilization walls built of natural materials that blend with the landscape.