(A) Barbed wire or electrically charged fences shall not be placed or maintained within the corporate limits of the city, except as provided in division (B) below, or as authorized by the Board of Adjustment.
(B) Barbed wire may be incorporated in a fence constructed on a lot used for commercial or industrial purposes only if the lot does not adjoin, to any extent, property used for residential purposes and only if the barbed wire is not less than eight feet above the ground, as measured pursuant to the provisions of § 150.151.
(C) No variance shall be granted to permit electrically charged fences within the corporate limits of the city.
(D) No variance shall be granted to permit the placement of barbed wire on or adjacent to property used for residential purposes, except that the Board of Adjustment may grant a variance to the municipal utilities to incorporate barbed wire in a fence enclosing facilities owned and operated by municipal utilities.
(Prior Code, § 8-5-6) (Ord. 168, passed 8-5-1974; Ord. 328, passed 2-3-1986; Ord. 507, passed 11-16-1998; Ord. 676, passed 9-2-2008) Penalty, see § 150.999