(a) Applicability. Fences in commercial and industrial zones shall conform to this section.
(b) Front Yard. A fence constructed between the front setback line and the front lot line shall not exceed forty-two inches in height and shall be of either Class 2 or 3 construction. If no front setback line has been established, a fence may be of any height or type of construction.
(c) Barbed Wire Fences. Barbed wire or similar material may be used to construct that part of a fence, situated in a rear or side yard setback area of a tract of land in a C-3 or M zoning district, which is more than eighty-four inches in height, if the City Manager determines that the barbed wire or similar material will not be detrimental to adjoining property.
(d) Electrically Charged Fences. An electrically charged fence shall not be constructed or maintained unless enclosing a penal complex in which case it shall be shielded on the outside perimeter with a minimum of an eight foot Class 3 fence, and labeled with a warning sign indicating a dangerous fence is beyond that point. Signs shall be placed five feet high and a minimum spacing of fifteen feet continuous around the entire perimeter.
(e) Repair and Removal of Fences. A fence shall be kept in repair. The City Manager may order any dilapidated or dangerous fence to be removed.
(Ord. 1049. Passed 2-26-85; Ord. 1671. Passed 1-10-12.)