{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of Sooke, British Columbia, max height rear side: 2 m (small-scale multi-unit residential, multi-family residential, water, comprehensive development and mixed use zones); 2.5 m (rural, commercial, institutional or industrial zones); max height front: 1.2 m (small-scale multi-unit residential, multi-family residential, water, comprehensive development and mixed use zones); 2.5 m (rural, commercial, institutional or industrial zones); pool enclosure: Non-climbable fencing or equivalent barrier of not less than 1.5 m in height. Gate must be self-closing and self-latching.; sight triangle: No fence within sight triangle (6 m from corner intersection of highway).. Source: Sooke Zoning Bylaw No. 600 (Unofficially Consolidated), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000131",
 "municipality": "Sooke",
 "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://sooke.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Sooke Zoning Bylaw No. 600 (Unofficially Consolidated)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2013-01-28",
   "document_url": "https://media-002-ca.cdn.govstack.com/sooke-012-ca/media/c4zccxp0/zoning-bylaw-no-600-consolidated.pdf",
   "summary": "Fence height max 1.2m front/flanking yard, 2m rear/side yard (small-scale multi-unit/multi-family/water/CD/mixed-use zones), 2.5m rural/commercial/industrial/institutional.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "2ce0f98732a78d749c96fce1dceca6224fc637a181177f0a274d02053b771a61",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2ce0f98732a78d749c96fce1dceca6224fc637a181177f0a274d02053b771a61.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2 m (small-scale multi-unit residential, multi-family residential, water, comprehensive development and mixed use zones); 2.5 m (rural, commercial, institutional or industrial zones)",
    "max_height_front": "1.2 m (small-scale multi-unit residential, multi-family residential, water, comprehensive development and mixed use zones); 2.5 m (rural, commercial, institutional or industrial zones)",
    "pool_enclosure": "Non-climbable fencing or equivalent barrier of not less than 1.5 m in height. Gate must be self-closing and self-latching.",
    "sight_triangle": "No fence within sight triangle (6 m from corner intersection of highway)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 3.10(c)(ii); s. 3.10(d)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 3.10(c)(i); s. 3.10(d)",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 3.29(a)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 3.10(g); s. 3.22"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/sooke/fences/text-2ce0f98732a7/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/sooke/fences/"
}