Franklin County, KY Fence Regulations: Fence Permit Requirements (2026)

Section 150.03 sets the fee schedule the Franklin County Fiscal Court uses for reviews by the office of Planning, Zoning and Building Code Enforcement and for reviews by the engineering firm the Fiscal Court contracts with. The fence line reads $25. Those fees are added to the appropriate building permit fee, and the county keeps every dollar collected under the section.

The same table prices other small zoning reviews in unincorporated Franklin County: an accessory storage building of 120 square feet or less is $25, retaining walls less than 4 feet high are $25, above-ground swimming pools are $25, land disturbance or early grading is $100, a farmstead is $50, and a zoning verification letter is $50. Engineering review is billed at the actual cost set by the contract between the firm and the Fiscal Court.

Division (B) warns that filing an application after commencing construction can result in additional fees, so building first and filing second can cost more than the $25 line.

The fee schedule does not set how tall a fence can be. That sits in § 155.215, which requires any wall or fence to stand entirely within the lot lines and bars barbed wire and electric fences in residential and special districts. Maximum heights are 4 feet in a front yard and 6 feet in a side or rear yard in the RR, RA, RB, RC, RD and RS districts, with 8 feet allowed in side and rear yards in RL, RH and RM. Separately, § 155.214 keeps walls and fences out of the 25-foot corner sight triangle where they would block sight lines between two and one-half and nine feet above the roadway.