• When a landowner sued because she could not get a fence permit she wanted, Shawnee County, Kan., decided its fence code needed some work.
• In 2003, the county picked up a fence ordinance that the city of Topeka had put in place, planning director Barry Beagle said.
• When officials have tried to implement their code in rural areas of the county, they have found that it needed to be changed, a process that is holding up a lawsuit brought by a landowner who did not get permission for the fence she wanted between her property and a neighbor who had permission to do car repairs.

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A feud between neighbors that prompted two lawsuits against Shawnee County, KS also has instigated an effort to revamp the county’s fencing regulations. ...