§ 604.104. Certain electrified fences, etc., prohibited.  


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  • (a)

    It shall be unlawful and a class B offense for any person to erect, maintain or use a fence or wire designed to carry an electric charge for the purpose of confining or keeping out animals or for any other purpose, if the fence or wire is located around the perimeter of or forms the enclosure for property used for residential purposes and if such fence or wire is accessible from outside the property encompassed within such fence or wire; provided, that the maintenance of an electric fence or wire three feet or more inside an uncharged fence or barrier which encompasses the property or portions thereof shall not be construed as a violation of this section.

    (b)

    Violation of this section shall constitute a public nuisance and resort to equitable or other remedies for enforcement or abatement is expressly authorized.

    (Ord. 75-1208-685, § 2; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1)

    Note— Former § 330.406.