{
 "answer": "In the Village of Fruitvale, British Columbia, max height rear side: 2.0 m in rural residential or residential zones; 2.4 m if abutting a commercial or industrial zone; max height front: 1.3 m when sited closer to any street than the building setbacks for the zone; pool enclosure: Fence not less than 1.2 m above grade; self-closing gate with spring lock not less than 1 m above grade, to open from inside fence; prohibited materials: Barbed wire prohibited in all zones except Rural Large Parcel zone for livestock enclosures. Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 846, 2013 (Final Consolidated), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000041",
 "municipality": "Fruitvale",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.village.fruitvale.bc.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Zoning Bylaw No. 846, 2013 (Final Consolidated)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2014-10-06",
   "document_url": "https://fruitvale.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/846-Zoning-Bylaw-Final-Consolidated.pdf",
   "summary": "Caps residential and non-residential fence height at 2.4 m; private swimming pools must be enclosed by a secure 1.2 m+ fence with a self-closing, spring-locked gate, erected with the pool itself.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "aa1c2158d65b7ab1adb2e9fd92abc816b24f74f8f0c30e773f6665f51db9748f",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/aa1c2158d65b7ab1adb2e9fd92abc816b24f74f8f0c30e773f6665f51db9748f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.0 m in rural residential or residential zones; 2.4 m if abutting a commercial or industrial zone",
    "max_height_front": "1.3 m when sited closer to any street than the building setbacks for the zone",
    "pool_enclosure": "Fence not less than 1.2 m above grade; self-closing gate with spring lock not less than 1 m above grade, to open from inside fence",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire prohibited in all zones except Rural Large Parcel zone for livestock enclosures"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 8.5.4",
    "max_height_front": "s. 8.5.3",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 7.1.4",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 8.5.7"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/fruitvale/fences/text-aa1c2158d65b/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/fruitvale/fences/"
}