[Added 1-17-1984 by Res. No. 72]
[Amended 7-20-1999 by L.L. No. 12-1999]
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any wire or metal band, not including razor wire, having
one or more sharp points along its length which is used for making
barriers.
Any wire or metal band having one or more sharp points and
edges along its length which is used for making barriers.
[Amended 7-20-1999 by L.L. No. 12-1999]
No owner, occupant, tenant, manager, agent or
person in charge of any parcel in the Town shall erect, maintain,
use or alter or suffer or permit to be erected, maintained, used or
altered thereon any barbed wire, except in G Industrial Districts,
Ga Industrial Districts, GB Industrial Districts and H Heavy Industrial
Districts, and only then after complying with the other requirements
contained in this article and only under the following circumstances:
A.Â
No barbed wire may extend beyond the front building
line.
B.Â
Barbed wire must be securely fastened to a fence or
wall of the size, material and construction as may reasonably be required
by the Planning Board, but in no event shall any such fence or wall
exceed six feet in height.
C.Â
Any use of barbed wire shall not prevent the reasonable
and orderly use of adjacent parcels or adversely affect the health,
safety and welfare of the community.
D.Â
A one-foot-by-one-foot sign must be conspicuously
posted on any fence or wall on which barbed wire is fastened in each
of such places as may be directed by the Planning Board and shall
state in red letters no less than three inches high as follows: CAUTION
BARBED WIRE.
E.Â
No barbed wire shall be permitted on any property
adjoining property used or zoned residential.
[Amended 4-13-2022 by L.L. No. 7-2022]
A.Â
Any use of barbed wire in districts permitted by this
article is subject to review by the Planning Board, which may approve,
approve with modifications or disapprove the use of barbed wire as
it deems necessary to preserve the health, safety or welfare of the
community.
B.Â
The Planning Board may waive the limitation(s) on the use of barbed wire that are set forth in Town Code § 213-356, in its discretion, upon finding that the waiver is necessary to protect personal property, while not causing any harm to the health, safety and welfare of the surrounding community.
A.Â
Application for review of a proposed use of barbed
wire shall be made to the Planning Board in such form as shall be
determined by such Board from time to time by resolution.
B.Â
Such application shall be filed with the Planning
Board and reviewed within 45 days from the date such application is
filed, and such Board shall render a decision by resolution within
62 days after such review.
[Amended 7-20-1999 by L.L. No. 12-1999]
[Amended 7-20-1999 by L.L. No. 12-1999]
Application fees shall be set from time to time
by Town Board resolution.
[Amended 7-20-1999 by L.L. No. 12-1999]
A.Â
No barbed wire shall hereafter be erected, maintained, used, altered or suffered or permitted to be erected, maintained, used or altered until a permit authorizing the same shall have been issued by the Building Inspector pursuant to Article III, § 213-17 herein. No such permit shall be issued without the approval of the Planning Board.
B.Â
Permits granted pursuant to this article are not transferrable
by the grantee of the permit.