Flatrock, Newfoundland and Labrador
· adopted 2018-09-24
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Town of Flatrock
Fence Regulations
663 Wind Gap Road
Flatrock, NL
A1K 1C7
(709)437-6312 (p)
(709)437-6311 (f)
[email protected]
1. Interpretations: in these regulations unless the context otherwise requires:
a) "act" means the municipalities act, 1998.
b) "council" means the Town council of Flatrock
c) "town" means the Town of Flatrock as defined by paragraph 2 of the municipalities act and made
under the provisions of the said act.
d) "street" means the land reserved for a public road, street, lane, sidewalk or other public way with a
minimum width of 12m (40 feet) and such greater width of up to and including 20m (66 feet) as
council may prescribe.
2. All fences may be erected only after a permit in writing has been issued by council.
3. No person shall erect or repair a fence except in accordance with these regulations.
4. No person, except with approval of council in writing shall erect any fence at a distance of less than
4.8m (16 feet) from the center of any street or road under council's jurisdiction.
5. The material or materials used in the erection or repair of a fence shall be a type which meets the
approval of the council.
6. Every person who owns a fence shall maintain said fence in a good state of repair.
a) Fence components are not broken, rusted, rotten or in a hazardous condition.
b) The fence does not present an unsightly appearance deleterious to abutting land or to the
neighborhood.
7. No fence shall be permitted to be erect that obscures a clear view of street intersection, pedestrian
pathways, driveways or other points of access or egress of vehicles or pedestrian traffic.
8. Unless otherwise specified by the council, the maximum height of a fence erected or constructed shall
be 1.8m (6 feet).
9. No person shall erect an electrical fence on any land.
10. Unless otherwise specified by the council, no person shall erect a fence consisting wholly or partly of
barbed wire or other barber material.
11. From the date of these regulations all fences erected on any street reservation within the town may be
removed by council at the owners' expense.
12. Any person who violates any of the provisions of these regulations shall be guilty of an offence and
shall be liable on the summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or in default of
payment of such fine to imprisonment for a period not exceeding ninety days.
13. These regulations shall come into effect on the 24th day of September, A.D. 2018 and may be cited as
the town of Flatrock (fence) regulations, 2018
Pursuant to the authority conferred by the section 180 of the municipalities act, the Town of Flatrock
approved and adopted the following fencing regulations effective September 24, 2018.