{
 "answer": "In the Town of Bashaw, Alberta, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Town of Bashaw Land Use Bylaw No. 780-2018, verified 2026-09-27. A permit is required. Max height front: 1.0 m. Max height rear side: 2.0 m.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000177",
 "municipality": "Bashaw",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofbashaw.com",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Bashaw Land Use Bylaw No. 780-2018",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.townofbashaw.com/download_file/view/571/228",
   "summary": "Section 8.10: fences max 2.0m behind the principal building line, 1.0m in front (0.5m lower on corner-lot sightline triangle, 6m from intersecting front lines); electrification and barbed wire below 2.0m banned in most districts; no fence permitted on public property.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "dda543d77546b9a0597ed33bdf8768805f6eb988e7937a576e8887bd37bb7a8a",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "780-2018",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/dda543d77546b9a0597ed33bdf8768805f6eb988e7937a576e8887bd37bb7a8a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.0 m",
    "max_height_front": "1.0 m",
    "permit_required": true,
    "sight_triangle": "Corner lots: no fence/screening >1.0 m high within triangular area 6.0 m back from intersecting front boundary lines; highway corner parcels subject to Alberta Infrastructure Highway 'Minimum Site Triangle' Design Guidelines.",
    "prohibited_materials": "No electrification of fences in any district; no barbed wire fences in residential districts."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 8.10(1)(b)(i); s. 3.2(1)(e)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 8.10(1)(b)(i); s. 3.2(1)(e)",
    "permit_required": "s. 3.1(1)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 8.10(1)(b)(iii); s. 8.3(3)",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 8.10(5)-(6)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/bashaw/fences/bylaw-780-2018/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/bashaw/fences/"
}