O-009-17 Amending Section 18.38.070 Electric Fences and Barbed Wire Fences

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City Council Ordinance No. 0-09-17 Page 3 of 4 1 b. Location: 2 fD Electric fences shall be permitted only in the M-1 (Light Industrial) and M-2 (Heavy Industrial) Zones of the Colton 3 Zoning Code and only at locations approved by the Development 4 Services Department. JQ Electric fences shall not be permitted within 50 feet of a 5 proper with a residential zone or use, a school site, or a park site 6 C. Height: Electric fences shall be limited to a height of 10 feet. 7 d. Warning Signs: Electric Fences shall be clearly identified with g warning signs prepared in English and Spanish that read: "Warning-Electric Fence" at intervals of not less than 60 feet. 9 C. "Knox Box": A "Knox Box Electrical Shunt Switch" and a 10 "Knox Box" or other similar approved device shall be installed for emergency access of Police and Fire Departments. 11 4. Indemnification. All applicants issued permits to install or use an 12 electric fence as provided in this Chapter shall agree, as a condition of ep rmit issuance, to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the City of 13 Colton and its agents, officers, consultants, independent contractors and employees from any and all claims actions or proceedings arising out of 14 any personal iniury, including death, or property damage caused by the 15 electric fence. 5. Emergency Access. In the event that access by the City of Colton Fire 16 Department and/or Police_ department personnel to a property where a 17 permitted electric fence has been installed and is operating, is required due to an emergency or urgent circumstances, and the Knox Box or 18 otber similar approved device referred to in this Chapter is absent or non-functional, and an owner, manger, employee, custodian or any 19 other person with control over the property is not present to disable the electric fence the fire or police personnel shall be authorized to disable 20 the electric fence in order to gain access to the property. 21 A-. B. Barbed wire Fences or Fences with sharp prongs May be placed on grazing land or along section lines. 22 &C. Barbed wire or sharp prongs May be placed atop a Fence which protects a storage or 23 public Utility Yard. 24 G. Fenees with less than one hundred volts Maybe placed in Agr-iudltufal zones for- the keeping of animak 25 SECTION 5. If any sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to 26 be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such decisions shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance. 27 SECTION 6. The City Council hereby finds and determines that it can be seen with 28 certainty that there is no possibility that this Ordinance may have a significant adverse effect on the -3-