{
 "answer": "In the Specialized Municipality of Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Land Use Bylaw No. 26/001, verified 2026-09-27. Max height front: 1.2 m. Max height rear side: 2.0 m in side/rear yard in Urban Service Area; 2.5 m outside Urban Service Area.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000403",
 "municipality": "Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo",
 "status_type": "Specialized Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Land Use Bylaw No. 26/001",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-03-25",
   "document_url": "https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/rmwb-017-ca/media/j2ogjqpv/land-use-bylaw-consolidated-26001.pdf",
   "summary": "Residential fence height max 1.2m front yard, 2.0m side/rear (Urban Service Area) or 2.5m side/rear (outside it); corner lots follow separate sight-triangle rules; fences on/near a retaining wall capped at 1.2m above the wall's highest adjacent grade.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "698771f31f537e8541319093668031103873617cf3f6ab149d678dd6a62935b7",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "26/001",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/698771f31f537e8541319093668031103873617cf3f6ab149d678dd6a62935b7.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.0 m in side/rear yard in Urban Service Area; 2.5 m outside Urban Service Area",
    "max_height_front": "1.2 m",
    "permit_required": false,
    "sight_triangle": "Urban Service Area: no fence, wall, tree, hedge or other structure exceeding 0.6 m in corner visibility triangle (7.5 m from corner); Rural Service Area: 0.8 m and 20.0 m; lane intersection: 0.6 m and 4.0 m"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 5.23.2(a)-(b)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 5.23.2(a)-(b)",
    "permit_required": "s. 3.2.2(k)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 5.16.2, s. 5.16.4, s. 5.16.6"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/regional-municipality-of-wood-buffalo/fences/bylaw-26-001/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/regional-municipality-of-wood-buffalo/fences/"
}