Babylon City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XXVII
Barbed-Wire Fencing
§ 213-355 Definitions.
[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.
§ 213-356 Limitations on use.
[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.
No barbed wire may extend beyond the front building line.
B.
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.
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.
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.
No barbed wire shall be permitted on any property adjoining property used or zoned residential.
§ 213-357 Planning Board review.
[Amended 4-13-2022 by L.L. No. 7-2022]
A.
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.
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.
§ 213-358 Application procedure.
A.
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.
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]
§ 213-359 Application fees.
[Amended 7-20-1999 by L.L. No. 12-1999]
Application fees shall be set from time to time by Town Board resolution.
§ 213-360 Permit required; not transferrable; prohibited for razor wire.
[Amended 7-20-1999 by L.L. No. 12-1999]
A.
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.
Permits granted pursuant to this article are not transferrable by the grantee of the permit.