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Town of Stephenville
P.O.Box 420
Phone: (709) 643 8360
125 Carolina Avenue
Fax: (709) 643 2770
Stephenville, NL, Canada
A2N 2Z5
PERMIT GUIDELINES
Accessory Buildings
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Required to be 1M from all property lines, 3m from main dwelling and cannot
project past the front of the main dwelling. Maximum size of a shed is 10% of the
land size. Maximum height is 6M which is measured from the half way point
between the peak and the eave and measured to the ground (not the top of the first
floor. The exterior of the shed must match the main dwelling (Painted plywood or
aspenite not permitted). If the property is a corner lot refer to the Fire Chief.
New Construction
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Need to be 8M from the front property line to front most portion of the house. Side
of house to side property lines 3M & 1M and 10M from back most portion of the
house to back property line.
Fences
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Maximum height for a fence within 25 feet of the edge of the road reserve is 3 feet
6 inches except on a Corner Lot.
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Maximum height for all other fences is 8 feet without specific approval of council
except on a Corner Lot (See Corner Lot Regulations)
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A permit may be given to erect a fence within 10 feet of the road reserve subject to
the owner accepting full responsibility for its repair or replacement at no cost to the
Town in the event it becomes damaged due to snow clearing activities undertaken
by the Town's snow clearing equipment.
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The council may issue an order for the demolition and removal of any fence which
is deteriorated or damaged or does not meet appearance requirements.
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Any existing fence which is found to be within the road reservation on any street
shall be ordered for removal at the pleasure of Council if considered in the public
interest, and when replacement or
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Rebuilding of the fence becomes necessary it shall be installed outside of the road
reservation area.
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Road Reservation shall be established from the center line of established roadways.
Accurate, detailed, certified land surveys shall
not be undertaken merely to establish fence lines. Any person wishing to challenge
the center line location or any Road Reservation line shall, at their own expense,
produce survey data, markers, boundary and other pertinent information for the
examination and decision of Council.
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Any person who neglects or fails to comply with or acts in contravention of any of
the provisions of these regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable
on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00)
or in default of payment, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding ninety (90)
days or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Corner lots
Fences can be a maximum of:
-1.07 metres (3 ft. 6 in.) high:
- in the front yard
- within 3 metres (10 ft.) of the side lot line abutting a street, and
- within any driveway or corner visibility triangle including a neighbour's driveway.
-1.82 metres (6 ft.) high:
- provided they are set back a minimum of 3 metres (10 ft.) from the side lot line abutting a
street
-2.4 metres (8 ft.) high:
- provided they are set back a minimum of 8 metres (26 ft.) from the side lot line abutting
a street
- in the rear yard, and
- the interior side
REAR YARD
FRONT YARD
CVT
DRIVEWAY
FRONT LOT LINE
REAR LOT LINE
SIDE LOT LINE
SIDE YARD
SIDE LOT LINE ABUTING A STREET
DVT
4.5m
4.5m
7.5m
7.5m
DVT
4.5m
4.5m
8
5m
ROAD
ROAD
MAXIMUM FENCE HGT1.82m
MAXIMUM FENCE HGT 1.07m
MAXIMUM FENCE HGT WITHIN
DVT & CVT AREAS 1.07m
MAXIMUM FENCE HGT 1.07m