It shall be unlawful for any person, or the owner, lessee or agent of any land or building, to erect or maintain, or to permit to be erected or maintained, anywhere in the village, any railing, fence, guard or other protection of any kind composed in whole or in part of barbed wire, except as provided in subsection 11-4-8C1b of this code, spikes or any similar device, or upon which railing, fence, guard or other protection shall be affixed or placed, or in any manner attached, any spike, nail, glass or other sharp pointed contrivance of any kind or description, or which harbors or is designed to harbor any electric charge sufficient to cause shock. (1978 Code § 4-8-5; amd. 2011 Code)