Wyandotte County, KS Fence Regulations: Material Restrictions (2026)

Sec. 8-225 flatly prohibits barbed wire, sharp-pointed fencing, electrically charged fencing, and any material liable to snag, tear, cut, or otherwise injure a person who touches it, in every district carrying an R designation. Sec. 8-224 fills the gap by requiring residential fences to be built of wood, masonry, or open metal, with no part crossing onto a neighbor's lot, and Sec. 8-197 requires wood or metal fencing to stay painted, stained, or sealed against weathering. The ban is residential-only: Sec. 8-250 lets barbed wire enclose farmland of at least five acres or land where farm animals are kept, lets M-1, M-2, and M-3 industrial districts run one barbed strand on inward-facing brackets atop a fence, and limits razor ribbon to M-2 and M-3 zoning with a 25-foot street setback and buffer plantings under Sec.

27-700(b)(3). Low-voltage electric fencing up to 12 volts is allowed only in those same industrial districts, capped at ten feet, ringed by a six-foot non-electric fence set at least six inches away, and marked as electrified every 60 feet. Corner lots also answer to Sec. 8-198's sight-distance triangle, a 20-foot by 140-foot area that must stay clear of any fence, shrub, or obstruction taller than two feet.