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Fences & pool enclosures — Sedgewick, Alberta: Town of Sedgewick Land Use Bylaw No. 461 (Revised)

In the Town of Sedgewick, Alberta, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Town of Sedgewick Land Use Bylaw No. 461 (Revised), verified 2026-09-27. Max height front: 1.0 m (3.3 ft.). Max height rear side: 2.0 m (6.6 ft.). Prohibited materials: No barbed wire fences in residential areas; electrification of any fences within Sedgewick not permitted.

Town of Sedgewick Land Use Bylaw No. 461 (Revised) adopted bylaw

max height rear side	2.0 m (6.6 ft.)	s. 40.2
max height front	1.0 m (3.3 ft.)	s. 40.2.1
sight triangle	No person on a corner lot in any District shall erect, place or maintain, within a triangle formed by the boundaries of the site common with the streets abutting them and a straight line connecting points on each of the said boundaries a distance of six metres from the point where they intersect, a wall, fence, shrub, trees, hedge or any object over one metre in height above the lowest street grade adjacent to the intersection.	s. 36.1
prohibited materials	No barbed wire fences in residential areas; electrification of any fences within Sedgewick not permitted.	s. 40.6, 40.7

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Fence height capped at 1.0 m (3.3 ft) in front yards (up to 1.8 m on tiered corner-site setbacks) and 2.0 m (6.6 ft) in side/rear yards; bans barbed wire and electrified fences in residential areas; requires 2.0 m screening fences between commercial/industrial and residential lots; corner-lot sight triangle (Sec. 40, 51.2).