{
 "answer": "In the County municipality of Pictou, Nova Scotia, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Municipality of Pictou County Land Use Bylaw (2025) and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-09-27. Pool enclosure: Pool/yard completely enclosed; enclosure min 4 ½ feet high from grade; gates self-closing, self-latching at top and inside.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003153",
 "municipality": "Pictou",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://munpict.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipality of Pictou County Land Use Bylaw (2025)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-05-05",
   "document_url": "https://munpict.ca/assets/LUB-Approved-PNS-Published.pdf",
   "summary": "Land Use Bylaw exempts fences up to 1.9 m (6.23 ft) high from needing a development permit, except fences enclosing a swimming pool, and requires all swimming pools to follow the Municipality's separate Swimming Pool By-law.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "bbb3eacc30fa921c9bbf3cc834bd0729bb874b0e872e4de71f93f73f3c12ee01",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/bbb3eacc30fa921c9bbf3cc834bd0729bb874b0e872e4de71f93f73f3c12ee01.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": false,
    "sight_triangle": "Corner Vision Triangle: part of a corner lot adjacent to the intersection of exterior lot lines, measured 2.0 metres along each street line and joined by a straight line."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4.2.1(b)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 9, definition 30"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/pictou-county-municipality/fences/municipality-of-pictou-county-land-use-bylaw/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipality of the County of Pictou Swimming Pool By-law",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2008-06-09",
   "document_url": "https://munpict.ca/assets/Bylaws-downloads/Swimming-Pool.pdf",
   "summary": "Every pool over 24 inches deep must be completely enclosed by a fence/wall at least 4.5 feet high with self-closing, self-latching gate hardware, preventing uncontrolled access from the street or adjacent properties.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "204c417096038cc03b3229c6d74704ed90e29135bf0ca658e3fce8ade388cb25",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/204c417096038cc03b3229c6d74704ed90e29135bf0ca658e3fce8ade388cb25.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "pool_enclosure": "Pool/yard completely enclosed; enclosure min 4 ½ feet high from grade; gates self-closing, self-latching at top and inside."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 3(1)(a)-(c)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/pictou-county-municipality/fences/municipality-of-the-county-of-pictou-swimming-pool-by-law/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/pictou-county-municipality/fences/"
}