971.27 Hedge fences - protection fence may be built.

An owner or occupant of land bordering upon a public road or highway, except a street or alley in a municipal corporation, or through which a public road or highway passes, may set, plant, and cultivate a hedge or live fence on the line of such road or public highway, and place on the margin of such road a protection fence, not to occupy more than six feet of such margin. Such protection fence, when placed opposite a live fence or hedge, set or planted, may remain for seven years.

The board of township trustees may grant permission in writing to the owner of the hedge or live fence, described in this section, to continue the protection fence as long as is necessary.

Effective Date: 10-01-1953