{
 "answer": "In the Town of Pictou, Nova Scotia, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Towns of Pictou, Stellarton, and Trenton (Common) Land Use By-law (2025), verified 2026-09-27. Max height front: 1.2 metres (4 feet) within 1.8 metres (6 feet) of a Lot line abutting a Street. Max height rear side: 1.8 metres (6 feet) in a Residential Zone; 3.6 metres (12 feet) otherwise. Pool enclosure: Barrier min 1.5 m (5 ft) high, no opening >10 cm; access via self-closing, self-latching gate min 1.5 m high.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003154",
 "municipality": "Pictou",
 "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.townofpictou.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Towns of Pictou, Stellarton, and Trenton (Common) Land Use By-law (2025)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.townofpictou.ca/1081-lub-1/file",
   "summary": "Common Land Use By-law (Pictou/Stellarton/Trenton) caps fences at 1.8m in Residential zones (3.6m elsewhere), bars any fence, hedge or tree over 0.6m in a corner vision triangle, and requires pool yards to be fully enclosed by a fence with no gap over 10cm.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "683f8dd85a86532f5df910fd5e61e41675cd442100a1a59bdfe1dc9d606b081b",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/683f8dd85a86532f5df910fd5e61e41675cd442100a1a59bdfe1dc9d606b081b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "1.8 metres (6 feet) in a Residential Zone; 3.6 metres (12 feet) otherwise",
    "max_height_front": "1.2 metres (4 feet) within 1.8 metres (6 feet) of a Lot line abutting a Street",
    "permit_required": false,
    "pool_enclosure": "Barrier min 1.5 m (5 ft) high, no opening >10 cm; access via self-closing, self-latching gate min 1.5 m high.",
    "sight_triangle": "No fence shall exceed 0.6 metres (2 feet) in height within a Corner Vision Triangle.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Electrified fences only with agricultural use; barbed wire only with permitted non-residential use."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 21.8.1",
    "max_height_front": "s. 21.8.3",
    "permit_required": "s. 21.8",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 21.7.2(b), (f)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 21.8.2",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 21.8.4, 21.8.6"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/pictou-town/fences/towns-of-pictou-stellarton-and-trenton-land-use-by-law/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/pictou-town/fences/"
}