(A) Barbed wire; razor wire fences, and the like.
(1) No person shall place, erect, install, build, construct, add as a repair item, use and/or maintain any fence or barrier consisting of, or made of what is called barbed wire in residential zoning districts.
(2) Barbed wire is also prohibited along the line of, or in or upon a public park, church, school, or other location intended for use by children.
(3) Use of barbed wire for special reasons is subject to review by city staff for use in only commercial and industrial zoning districts.
(B) Electrically charged fences. No person shall place, erect, install, build, construct, add as a repair item, use, and/or maintain an electrically charged fence within any zoning district of the city.
(C) Excluded materials used to construct fences. No person shall place, erect, install, build, construct, add as a repair item, use, and/or maintain any fence or barrier consisting of, or made of what is commonly known as railroad ties, blocking lumber, pallets, or similar materials. Additionally, no metal siding, metal sheeting, or the like shall be used to construct a fence.
(D) Protrusion on fences. No person shall place, erect, install, build, construct, add as a repair item, use, and/or maintain any fence or barrier with spikes or nails or any other sharp objects imbedded on the top or sides of a fence or barrier within any zoning district of the city.
(E) Fences and other obstacles causing obstruction of view.
(1) No owner, occupant, or tenant of any real estate abutting any street intersection shall permit any fence, tree, shrubbery, or obstacle at any street intersection or within 20 feet from the intersecting right-of-way lines of the intersection.
(2) No fence, tree, shrubbery, or obstacle shall obstruct or tend to obstruct the view of any operator of a vehicle or a bicycle or a pedestrian approaching any intersection within the city in what is known as the vision clearance area.
(Prior Code, § 156.384) (Ord. 0-02-0009, passed - -2002) Penalty, see § 156.999