Electrified security fences: permitted use.

Existing law authorizes an owner of real property to install and operate on their property an electrified security fence that meets specified requirements, including that the fence is used to protect and secure commercial or industrial property. Existing law also requires that the height of the fence not exceed 10 feet and be located behind a perimeter fence that is not less than 6 feet high. This bill would recast those provisions to, instead, authorize the installation and operation of an electrified security fence to protect and secure commercial, manufacturing, or industrial property, or property zoned under another designation, but legally authorized to be used for a commercial, manufacturing, or industrial purpose. The bill would authorize the fence to interface with a monitored alarm device in a manner that enables the alarm system to transmit a signal intended to summon the business, a monitoring service, or both. The bill would require an electrified security fence to be located behind a perimeter fence that is not less than 5 feet in height and establish a height maximum of either 10 feet or up to 2 feet higher than an existing perimeter fence, whichever is greater. Existing law prohibits an owner of real property from installing and operating an electrified security fence where a local ordinance prohibits that installation and operation. If a local ordinance allows the installation and operation of an electrified security fence, existing law requires the installation and operation of the fence to meet both those specified requirements and the requirements of that ordinance. This bill would make conforming changes in these provisions, and would specify that a local ordinance that prohibits or regulates only specified animal control fencing does not apply to an electrified security fence.