Neither the City of Bowling Green Code of Ordinances nor the Warren County/Joint Zoning Ordinance contains a 'good-side-out,' partition-fence, or mandatory cost-sharing statute. Boundary-line and shared-fence disputes are private civil matters under Kentucky common law and KRS 256 (Division Fences). The City and Planning Commission do not survey property lines or adjudicate neighbor disputes - Sec. 4.4.5.E places fence placement responsibility on the property owner subject to the sight-distance rules in Sec. 1.14.
A review of the Warren County/Joint Zoning Ordinance (Sec. 4.4.5.E Accessory Structures and Sec. 4.6.8.J Accessory Structure Standards) finds no provision dictating which side of the fence must face the neighbor and no provision requiring neighbors to share fence costs. The zoning ordinance only addresses placement (setbacks under Sec. 4.4.5.B fence row, 0 feet), height (Sec. 4.4.5.E.1 and Sec. 4.6.8.J.1), and sight-distance compliance (Sec. 1.14). Kentucky's general division-fence statute, KRS Chapter 256, governs boundary fences statewide and provides a framework for cost sharing between adjoining landowners, but enforcement is through the courts, not the City or Planning Commission. Property line location is the owner's responsibility - the Planning Commission does not survey land. The City of Bowling Green does enforce its property maintenance code and code of ordinances, but private boundary-line disputes are referred to civil court or to small claims. The Building Inspector and Planning Commission staff will, however, refuse to issue a fence permit or zoning approval that places a fence inside a recorded drainage easement.
Building a fence over the property line constitutes a civil trespass that the City does not enforce; the encroaching fence must be removed by court order if the neighbor sues. A fence violating the zoning ordinance (height, sight distance, drainage easement) can be cited and ordered modified or removed by the Building Inspector regardless of which neighbor complains.
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