1770 ORDINANCE NO. 1770
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD, FLORIDA,
AMENDING ARTICLE VII, SECTION 10 ENTITLED
"UTILITY POLES, FENCES AND WALLS USED AS
FENCES" BY ADDING SUBSECTION (4) TO PROHIBIT
BARBED WIRE FENCING WITHIN THE CITY AND
RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND TO PROVIDE LIMITATIONS
IN COMMERCIAL AREAS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERA-
BILITY, CONFLICTS AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANFORD,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. Article VII, Section 10, of the City Code
entitled "Utility Poles, Fences And Walls Used As Fences" is
hereby amended by adding Subsection (4) as follows:
"(4) No barbed-wire fence shall be erected
or maintained in any Residential District,
except on property owned by a governmental
entity or public utility. Barbed wire may be
used on security fences erected in any
Commercial or Industrial District, or in a
Residential District within the exemption
described above, provided such use is limited
to three (3) strands, a minimum of six (6)
feet above the ground. Such fences may be
permitted in estate areas, on approval of the
Board of Adjustment, after public hearing."
SECTION 2: If any section or portion of a section of
this ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitu-
tional, it shall not be held to impair the validity, force or
effect of any other section or part of this ordinance.
SECTION 3: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby revoked.
SECTION 4: That this ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 26th day of Auqust ,
A.D. 1985.
MAyOR~/~ ~ ~
ATTEST:
the
CERTIFICATE
I, H. N. Tamm, Jr., City Clerk of the City of San-
ford, Florida, do hereby certify that a true and correct
copy of the foregoing Ordinance No. 1770, PASSED and ADOPTED
by the City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida, on
the 26th day of August, 1985, was POSTED at the front door
of the City Hall in the City of Sanford, Florida, on the
29th day of August, 1985.