{
 "answer": "In the Town of Viking, Alberta, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Town of Viking Land Use Bylaw No. 2012-640, verified 2026-09-27. A permit is required. Max height front: 1.0 m (3.2 ft.). Max height rear side: 2.0 m (6.5 ft.).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000461",
 "municipality": "Viking",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.viking.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Viking Land Use Bylaw No. 2012-640",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.viking.ca/public/download/files/332243",
   "summary": "In R-1/R-2/R-3/RMH districts, fences are banned on corner sites, capped at 2.0 m in side/rear yards and 1.0 m in front yards/near intersections; barbed wire and electrified fences are banned except at Development Authority discretion in Industrial/Urban Reserve districts.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "8af1ef69d04529317fa087a699d0b68476e898769b5f3c9c5a0764953f526d38",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2012-640",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8af1ef69d04529317fa087a699d0b68476e898769b5f3c9c5a0764953f526d38.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.0 m (6.5 ft.)",
    "max_height_front": "1.0 m (3.2 ft.)",
    "permit_required": true,
    "sight_triangle": "On corner sites, no fence, wall, tree, bush, structure or thing more than 1.0 m (3.2 ft.) in height within the triangular area formed by intersecting road right-of-way lines and a straight line joining points 6.0 m (19.6 ft.) from their intersection; at road/lane/driveway intersections, no such thing more than 1.0 m (3.2 ft.) within the triangular area formed by the intersecting lines and a straight line joining points 3.0 m (9.8 ft.) from their intersection.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire prohibited except Industrial/Urban Reserve; electrification prohibited except Urban Reserve agricultural."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 7.8(3)(b)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 7.8(3)(c)",
    "permit_required": "s. 7.8(2)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 7.4(1)-(2)",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 7.8(6)-(7)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/viking/fences/bylaw-2012-640/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/viking/fences/"
}