Except as hereinafter provided, no person, firm, corporation or entity, government or otherwise, shall be entitled to collect damages, and no court in this jurisdiction shall award damages for any trespass of livestock from adjoining property on farms, ranches, subdivisions, private property or land belonging to the state, or the United States, in the county, if such land at the time of such trespass has not been enclosed by a suitable fence properly maintained, unless said damaged owner has offered to share the cost of constructing and maintaining a suitable fence with the adjoining owner whose livestock have trespassed and the latter has refused to participate in the costs associated with said fence. (Ord. 76/1994-1, 3-14-1994)