{
 "answer": "In the City of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, max height rear side: maximum 1.8 metres (Residential Zone); maximum 2.4 metres (Non-Residential Zone); sight triangle: Formed by two Street Lines and a connecting line at 15 metres from intersection (higher-order streets) or 8 metres (lower-order streets); no Fence permitted within the sight triangle. Source: Envision St. John's Development Regulations, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003466",
 "municipality": "St. John's",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Newfoundland and Labrador",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "https://stjohns.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Envision St. John's Development Regulations",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.stjohns.ca/en/building-development/resources/Planning-Reports/Development-Regulations.pdf",
   "summary": "Fences capped at 1.8m in residential zones (up to 2.4m at staff discretion where lot grade would make 1.8m ineffective screening) and 2.4m in non-residential zones; fences must be at least 2.0m from a street and are barred from corner-lot sight triangles (15m/8m from the intersection).",
   "discovered_by": "nl-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "36f6954926cfc89b9ae4a24f8138dced0fb81da33c9e620cde7c8f1dfdf2b6fe",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T15:31:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/36f6954926cfc89b9ae4a24f8138dced0fb81da33c9e620cde7c8f1dfdf2b6fe.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "maximum 1.8 metres (Residential Zone); maximum 2.4 metres (Non-Residential Zone)",
    "sight_triangle": "Formed by two Street Lines and a connecting line at 15 metres from intersection (higher-order streets) or 8 metres (lower-order streets); no Fence permitted within the sight triangle"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 7.2.6",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 7.2.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nl/st-john-s/fences/text-36f6954926cf/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nl/st-john-s/fences/"
}