West Jordan, UT Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

Section 13-14-5, Prohibited Fencing Materials, sits in Chapter 14's fencing rules alongside the height and location standards of section 13-14-4. It flatly declares barbed wire, razor wire, concertina wire, or similar fencing a nuisance, and bars that fencing in residential zones along or adjacent to streets and as a division fence between adjoining lots occupied as a place of residence. The only carve-out is for rural residential zones, where such fencing may still be used for security reasons around a public utility site. Because the code frames a violation as a declared nuisance rather than a simple zoning infraction, it ties into the city's broader nuisance abatement process in title 5: section 5-3-3 lets the city bring an action to permanently enjoin the property owner from maintaining the nuisance, and lets a court order the offending material seized and destroyed.

This sits apart from the streetscape wall standards of section 13-14-3(G), which separately require six-foot masonry or precast concrete walls along certain rights of way, and from the waterway fencing standard of 13-14-3(D), which calls for a six-foot fence, potentially wrought iron, around open canals and ditches.