The owners of lots upon the streets of said City must enclose the same
by suitable fences such as the Common Council may deem necessary for the protection
of the public within the period of 15 days after being notified and directed
so to do by direction or resolution of the Common Council.
No owner or occupant of property or other person shall construct, maintain
or permit the use in the City of Middletown of a fence of barbed wire or any
fence of which barbed wire is a part, upon any private boundary line or along
the boundaries of any street or public place, with the exception that unimproved
property or business or industrial property may be enclosed with a fence containing
one or more strands of barbed wire along the top, provided no strand of barbed
wire is nearer than four feet to the ground.
[Amended 7-9-1973; 4-22-1997]
Any person who shall fail to comply with a written order of the Commissioner
of Public Works or his designee within 30 days following a written notice
served by mail or personal service by the Commissioner or his designee that
a violation of any provisions of this chapter exists shall be guilty of an
offense within the meaning of the Penal Law of the State of New York and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to a fine of not less than $100
nor more than $250. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall
constitute a separate offense.