(a) No barbed or razor wire fence, constructed or maintained within the City's corporate limits, shall be electrified.
(b) No barbed or razor wire fence constructed or maintained within the City's corporate limits shall be located within three feet of any street, sidewalk, alley, or other public place or way.
(c) All electric fences located within the City's corporate limits shall have attached thereto, atintervals of not greater than 100 feet, warning signs that meet or exceed all of the following criteria:
(1) Are double-faced;
(2) Are weather resistant;
(3) Measure no less than seven by four inches in size;
(4) Are attached so that the top of the signs are no more than 18 inches from the top of the fence to which they are attached;
(5) Contain on both sides thereof the following words, in English letters not less than one inch tall: "Danger: Electric Fence," or "Warning: Electric Fence," or "Electric Fence."
(6) Are dual-colored, with either a yellow background and black letters or a white background and red letters.
(7) (Reserved).
(d) Any person who violates this section shall be subject to a fine of $50 for the first offense and $500 for the second and all subsequent offenses, each day in which violation exists constituting a separate offense, except that said person shall be given seven calendar days from and including the date on which said person is notified of a first offense hereunder to come into full compliance with this section before a citation for a second offense hereunder shall be issued to said person.
(`91 Code, § 6-50) (Ord. D-1645- 03, § I, 10-20-03; Ord. D-2135-13, As Amended, 6-3-13; Ord. D-2140-13, As Amended, 6-17-13)
Statutory reference:
Fence regulations, see I.C., 32-10-1-1 et seq.