{
 "answer": "In the Town of Middleton, Nova Scotia, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Town of Middleton Land Use By-law, verified 2026-09-27. Prohibited materials: electrified; barbed wire (except industrial use, not in yard abutting residential Zone).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003149",
 "municipality": "Middleton",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.discovermiddleton.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Middleton Land Use By-law",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.discovermiddleton.ca/government/bylaws/522-land-use-bylaw-eff-18-11-15-amended-26-05-19/file",
   "summary": "Land Use By-law limits fences to a maximum height of 2.4 m (8 ft) in all zones, requires a Development Permit for fences over 2 m, prohibits electrified fences, allows barbed wire only with a permitted industrial use (and never in a yard abutting a Residential Zone), and applies corner vision triangle restrictions on corner lots.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "19c24214f3b3629e6630199e0eede82a66e57ab03f7636a5b78d73e9dd2b74a5",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/19c24214f3b3629e6630199e0eede82a66e57ab03f7636a5b78d73e9dd2b74a5.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "sight_triangle": "On a corner lot, a fence, sign, hedge, shrub, bush, or tree or any other structure or vegetation shall not be erected or permitted to grow to a height greater than .6 meters (2 ft.) above grade of the streets that abut the lot within the triangular area included within the street lines for a distance of 6.1 meters (20 ft.) from their point of intersection.",
    "prohibited_materials": "electrified; barbed wire (except industrial use, not in yard abutting residential Zone)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "sight_triangle": "s. 5.9",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 5.14.4(b)-(c)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/middleton/fences/town-of-middleton-land-use-by-law/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/middleton/fences/"
}