Fence Regulations in Kansas (2026)

In the City of Lawrence, residential fence height is capped by yard under City Code § 16-604: 4 feet in front yards (3…

Olathe caps residential fences at 6 feet, but only 4 feet and 50% open in front or corner side yards, and bars fences…

Fences and walls in Overland Park top out at 8 feet above average grade. Residential fences also can't go in the front…

In unincorporated Sedgwick County, fences and screening walls may reach eight feet, measured on the side with the least…

Shawnee County caps fences at eight feet, four feet in required front yards in residential and agricultural districts…

Topeka caps fences at eight feet everywhere, but in R and M residential districts a fence beyond the front of the house…

Wichita caps yard fences and screening walls at eight feet, dropping to three feet near street corners and driveways…

Sec. 8-223 caps open residential fences at four feet anywhere on the lot outside the sight-distance triangle, and…

In the City of Lawrence, a fence six feet or under does not need a building permit, under Lawrence City Code §…

Olathe exempts fences seven feet or shorter from a building permit under its adopted Building Code; anything taller…

Overland Park requires a fence permit from the Code Administrator for any new fence, any extension of an existing…

Shawnee County requires a fence permit only when a new fence reaches six feet or taller, an existing fence is extended…

Every fence installed on private property in Topeka needs a building permit before work starts. TMC 14.20.040 requires…

Wichita only requires a building permit for fences and freestanding walls taller than eight feet: shorter residential…

Sec. 8-196 of the Unified Government code makes it unlawful to build or substantially replace a fence over six feet…

Kansas requires owners of adjoining lands to build and maintain the partition fence between them in equal shares, as…

Unincorporated Johnson County has no fence height or setback code in this Code of Resolutions; disputes over a shared…

Kansas fence law makes adjoining rural landowners split the cost of a partition fence in equal shares. County…

A residential fence in Wyandotte County must be built entirely on the owner's own lot: Section 8-224 bars any part of a…

In the City of Lawrence, a retaining wall six feet or less, measured from the bottom of the footing to the top, needs…

Olathe requires City Engineer and Chief Building Inspector approval for commercial and industrial retaining walls, caps…

Overland Park treats retaining walls as accessory structures under 18.390.140(C)(3). A wall must be justified by lot…

Topeka exempts residential retaining walls up to 4 feet tall from a building permit, unless the wall supports a…

Wichita's housing code, Sec. 20.04.070(8), makes every dwelling owner responsible for keeping fences, screening, and…

Wyandotte County exempts retaining walls under four feet from a building permit, per Sec. 8-25's adoption of 2018 IBC…

Olathe's Unified Development Ordinance flatly bans barbed wire, razor wire, and above-ground electric fencing in every…

In the City of Lawrence, electrically charged fences and standalone barbed wire fencing are banned around dwelling…

Topeka bans barbed wire and sharp iron points on railings, posts, or fences near any street, alley, or sidewalk, unless…

Wichita bans electrically charged and barbed-wire fences in residential zoning districts, plus spikes or broken glass…

In the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, Sec. 8-225 bans barbed wire, sharp-pointed, and…

Overland Park allows fences up to 8 feet of any standard building material, but a permit from the Code Administrator is…

Shawnee County allows barbed wire only as a one-foot topper on nine-foot industrial and substation fences, restricts…