(A) No person shall construct or maintain any barbed wire fence or allow barbed wire to remain as a part of any fence, unless such wire is placed not less than six inches above the top of a fence when such fence is not less than six feet in height.
(B) No person shall install, maintain or operate any electric fence within the city without first securing a permit from the city after approval by the Manager. A permit shall be granted only where the construction of such a fence will not endanger the general public.
(C) No person shall erect, maintain or locate, or permit the erection, maintenance or location of, a fence or barrier within that portion of the public right-of-way abutting property owned by or under the control or possession of any such person. Any fence or barrier located within the public right-of-way in violation of this section is hereby declared to be a nuisance subject to abatement under the provisions of this subchapter.
(D) Any fence or barrier located within the public right-of-way on the effective date of this subchapter shall be permitted to remain; provided, however, no person shall improve, repair, enlarge or extend said fence or barrier. If any such existing fence is partially damaged or destroyed, the entire fence shall be removed and its use terminated under the abatement provisions of this subchapter.
(E) For purposes of this section, the terms FENCE or BARRIER shall not include structures used to establish vines, bushes or other landscaping materials; provided, however, no such structure shall be located or maintained within the public right-of-way for more than 12 calendar months.
(Prior Code, § 4.10.120) (Ord. 99, passed 5-18-1981; Ord. 273, passed 6-5-2000; Ord. 278, passed 9-18-2000; Ord. 316, passed 4-19-2004; Ord. 340, passed 9-6-2005; Ord. 384, passed 11-2-2009) Penalty, see § 92.99