(A) Barbed wire fences. It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or cause to be erected or to maintain any barbed wire fence or any barbed wire strung along or upon any fence as a barrier within the city limits and the jurisdictional area of the city; provided that on fences surrounding cemeteries, public playgrounds or other places used for public recreation or amusement public institutions, public utilities, factories, storage yards, or airports it shall be permissible to string not more than three strands of barbed wire upon supports inclined at an angle not greater than 60 degrees with the horizontal plane when such wires are strung so that they are suspended above and within the property lines, and further, that all elements of said fence shall be within a line drawn perpendicular upward from the property line, and the bottom strand of such barbed wire is not less than six feet above the surface of the ground measured from the outer face of such fence.
(B) Electric fences. It shall be unlawful for any person to erect or cause to be erected or to maintain any fence, the wire or wires of which are electrified at any location within the jurisdictional control of the city. Provided, however, that in any area zoned agricultural electric fences may be used to control the ranging of livestock.
(Ord. 2619, §§ 1, 2, passed 7-8-1991)