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Description
The Portland Foreside Development Co. has deployed razor wire along the Eastern Promenade Trail ( just below Fort Allen Park). The blades are strunge atop (and below) a 4 ft tall section of fence accessible by anyone walking along the trail, including children.
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Portinput (Registered User)
The “City of Portland Technical Manual,” section 4.5.7, states that “Electrified or barbed fencing is not permitted. https://www.portlandmaine.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2343/4-Landscaping-and-Landscape-Preservation-Standards?bidId=
In addition, The whole point of razor wire is to cause serious injury. Maine Revised Statutes Title 17. Crimes § 2801 states: "Spite fences: Any fence or other structure in the nature of a fence, unnecessarily exceeding 6 feet in height, maliciously kept and maintained for the purpose of annoying the owners or occupants of adjoining property, shall be deemed a private nuisance."
(P.S. Razor wire is also a threat to animals; cats, gophers, birds, etc.)
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