Ashwaubenon, WI Fence Regulations: Fence Permit Requirements (2026)

Ashwaubenon Municipal Code Sec. " The provision requires the applicant to submit a sketch, design or other descriptive material of the proposed fence along with the application, and that material must show the fence complies with the article before the building inspector may issue the permit. Although the subsection is printed within Sec. 5-8-764's swimming pool and hot tub fencing section, its text is written broadly, covering any fence built anywhere in the Village, not only barriers around pools; that reading matches the rest of Article 8, which sets height limits (Sec.

5-8-758), vision-triangle restrictions (Sec. 5-8-761), materials and safety standards (Sec. 5-8-757, Sec. 5-8-763) and prohibited fence types (Sec. 5-8-766) for fences generally, all of which the building inspector needs to check against the submitted sketch before a permit can issue. The permit review lets the Village confirm compliance with the maximum-height table, the required 35-foot vision triangle setback at corner lots, the ban on sharp or pointed pickets, and the prohibition on barbed wire or electrically charged fencing outside actively farmed parcels over ten acres, all before construction rather than after a noncompliant fence is already standing.