{
 "answer": "In the City of Surrey, British Columbia, max height rear side: 1.8 m; max height front: 1.2 m; sight triangle: Higher than 1.0 m in an area bounded by the intersecting lot lines at a highway corner and a straight line joining points 9 m along said lot lines from their point of intersection; prohibited materials: barbed tape obstacle or razor wire in all Zones; barbed wire or electrified in residential Zones. Source: Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000 (fencing provisions), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000138",
 "municipality": "Surrey",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.surrey.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Surrey Zoning By-law, 1993, No. 12000 (fencing provisions)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1993-09-13",
   "document_url": "https://www.surrey.ca/sites/default/files/bylaws/BYL_Zoning_12000.pdf",
   "summary": "Fences in residential zones capped at 1.8m (1.2m in required front/street-side yard, 1.0m at corner sight triangles); barbed/electrified wire barred except on large A-1/A-2/RA/RH lots; combined fence-plus-retaining-wall height similarly restricted.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "a86d4aadbe7eb801d381194aaaf129e48255a4a18917d61a6b5526374062da3b",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a86d4aadbe7eb801d381194aaaf129e48255a4a18917d61a6b5526374062da3b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "1.8 m",
    "max_height_front": "1.2 m",
    "sight_triangle": "Higher than 1.0 m in an area bounded by the intersecting lot lines at a highway corner and a straight line joining points 9 m along said lot lines from their point of intersection",
    "prohibited_materials": "barbed tape obstacle or razor wire in all Zones; barbed wire or electrified in residential Zones"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. B.23(a)(i)",
    "max_height_front": "s. B.23(a)(ii)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. B.23(a)(iii)",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. B.23(a)(iv), B.23(d)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/surrey/fences/text-a86d4aadbe7e/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/surrey/fences/"
}