{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of Houston, British Columbia, max height rear side: 1.8 metres (3.0 metres open mesh Comm/Ind/Public; 3.6 metres Public Use Zone); max height front: 1.2 metres (1.8 metres open mesh Comm/Ind/Public; 1.8 metres abutting major roadway Rural/Residential); sight triangle: Max height 1 metre within 6 metres of intersection corner; prohibited materials: Barbed wire (exceptions), electrified wire (exceptions), razor wire, ribbon wire, ultra barrier wire. Source: Development Bylaw No. 1040, 2013 (Consolidated Jan 2025), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000052",
 "municipality": "Houston",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.houston.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Development Bylaw No. 1040, 2013 (Consolidated Jan 2025)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2013-12-17",
   "document_url": "https://houston.civicweb.net/document/139602",
   "summary": "Max fence height in Rural/Residential zones is 1.2m front yard, 1.8m rear yard (1.8m/3.0m open-mesh at major roadways or Industrial/Residential interfaces); Commercial/Industrial/Public zones similar; junkyards need 2.4m enclosure.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "2884e88e7e5164f580e7a6074158980b5c913d9c5c11f0099b7a9729faec3c29",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2884e88e7e5164f580e7a6074158980b5c913d9c5c11f0099b7a9729faec3c29.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "1.8 metres (3.0 metres open mesh Comm/Ind/Public; 3.6 metres Public Use Zone)",
    "max_height_front": "1.2 metres (1.8 metres open mesh Comm/Ind/Public; 1.8 metres abutting major roadway Rural/Residential)",
    "sight_triangle": "Max height 1 metre within 6 metres of intersection corner",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire (exceptions), electrified wire (exceptions), razor wire, ribbon wire, ultra barrier wire"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 5.19(1), s. 5.19(2), s. 5.19(3)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 5.19(1), s. 5.19(2)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 5.17",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 5.19(4), s. 5.19(5), s. 5.19(6)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/houston/fences/text-2884e88e7e51/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/houston/fences/"
}