(A) No person shall hereafter construct, erect, or maintain, or cause to be constructed, erected, or maintained, in the city any fence of any character or material exceeding seven feet in height above the sidewalk or the surface of any lot or parcel of land. The fence so constructed, erected, or maintained shall not exceed five feet in height when the same is within 40 feet of the street line; and provided further, no fence or any part there of shall be constructed of barbed wire.
(B) The five feet-height limitation only applies when the fence in question is within 40 feet from the street line and the fence runs parallel to the street.
(Prior Code, § 11-2-8) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL Chapter 43-23, § 9-29-14