{
 "answer": "In the Town of Oxford, Nova Scotia, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Town of Oxford Land Use Bylaw (Bylaw P-2), verified 2026-09-27. Max height front: 1.4m. Max height rear side: 1.8m. Pool enclosure: Fence must completely enclose pool; at least one self-closing, self-latching gate; minimum 1.2m high; no opening greater than 10cm.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003152",
 "municipality": "Oxford",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://oxfordns.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Oxford Land Use Bylaw (Bylaw P-2)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2009-07-13",
   "document_url": "https://oxfordns.ca/by-laws/1811-land-use-bylaw/file.html",
   "summary": "Land Use Bylaw caps fences in residential and mixed-use zones at 1.4 m along a front lot line abutting a public street (1.8 m elsewhere; 3 m in other zones), bans chain-link and similar utilitarian fencing along street lines in those zones, bans barbed or razor wire in residential/mixed-use zones and electrified fences except with agriculture, limits any fence, hedge",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "49864223927e6bec595723c260f236fb14ab600f9feca67ee42df11719bedb9e",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "P-2",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/49864223927e6bec595723c260f236fb14ab600f9feca67ee42df11719bedb9e.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "1.8m",
    "max_height_front": "1.4m",
    "pool_enclosure": "Fence must completely enclose pool; at least one self-closing, self-latching gate; minimum 1.2m high; no opening greater than 10cm.",
    "sight_triangle": "No fence, sign, hedge, shrub, bush, tree, structure, vehicle or vegetation greater than 0.6 m above grade within a corner lot sight triangle.",
    "prohibited_materials": "barbed or razor wire in Residential/Mixed-Use; electrified unless agricultural; chain link along public street in residential/mixed-use."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "1.8m in height in any other context",
    "max_height_front": "exceed 1.4m in height when erected along any front property line",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 5.17(b)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 5.3",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 5.4(b)(iii)-(v)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/oxford/fences/bylaw-p-2/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/oxford/fences/"
}