(A) Authorized.
(1) Each person, being the owner of property in the city, may construct and maintain partition fences between his or her own and the next adjoining property, such partition fences shall be constructed of posts sunk in the soil to a depth of at least two feet, and of a height above the surface of not less than three feet or heights or locations of which would not be in violation of Ch. 190 of this code of ordinances.
(2) Owners of adjacent lots may amicably agree upon the, character of their partition fences and the proportion in which they shall bear the expenses thereof.
(Prior Code, § 10-1)
(B) Prohibited fences. It shall be unlawful for any owner or occupant of land in the city to build or maintain any fence constructed wholly or in part of barbed wire, razor wire or other similar security wires or materials which could easily cause injury to persons, or any fence, guard wall or other protection upon which there shall be fixed, attached, or placed in any manner any spike, nail or pointed instrument of any kind or description, or any fence electrically charged; provided, however, barbed wire may be used along the top of such fences surrounding industrial zoned parcels of property, if such barbed wire is fastened to a portion of the fence extending at an angle over the property enclosed and not over other private property and not projecting on the opposite side or the side adjacent to a sidewalk or public way.
(Prior Code, § 10-2)
(Ord. 811, passed 3-23-1987; Ord. 1137, passed 2-4-2003) Penalty, see § 170.999