Lufkin City Council green lights electric fences for business

LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) -

In a 4-3 vote, the Lufkin City Council decided to allow business to have an electric fence on their property.

However, the change in ordinance didnt come without several standards and regulations.

"This is not your fence that you go down to the farm supply, and you buy. The measures that we have put in place with our ordinance goes way beyond that," said Dale Allred, the City of Lufkin's director of inspection services.

Some of those standards and regulations are as follows:

The fence can only be on a light-manufacturing, heavy-manufacturing or commercial property.

It cannot be within five feet of any public sidewalk or outdoor area used for hazardous materials.

It must be between 6 and 10 feet tall.

There must be a perimeter fence three to 12 inches in front of the electric fence.

The fence can only be on during times when the general public does not have access to the protected property.

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Lufkin City Council green lights electric fences for business