(a) No person shall erect or maintain a barbed wire fence which abuts or is adjacent to any public street or sidewalk. This subsection does not prevent the placement and use of not more than three strands of barbed wire on top of a fence other than a barbed wire fence, provided such strands are not less than forty-eight inches from the ground.
Barbed wire partition fences may be erected and maintained as provided in Ohio R.C. 971.03.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a first degree misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. The penalty shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(Ord. 51-96. Passed 2-20-96; Ord. 146-13. Passed 7-1-13; Ord. 48-17. Passed 5-1-17.)