{
 "answer": "In the Town of Ajax, Ontario, max height rear side: 2 m; max height front: 1 m; permit required: False; pool enclosure: Minimum 1.5 m height including gates; gates self-closing with self-latching device on inside at or near top; locked when unattended; permit required.. Source: By-law Number 42-2025 (Office Consolidated, amended by By-law 45-2026) - Fence By-law, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001395",
 "municipality": "Ajax",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.ajax.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law Number 42-2025 (Office Consolidated, amended by By-law 45-2026) - Fence By-law",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-05-20",
   "document_url": "https://ajax.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/By-law-42-2025-Fence-Bylaw-as-amended-Remediated.pdf",
   "summary": "Residential fences max 2 m in side/rear yard and 1 m in front yard, with 2 m allowed on the front-yard portion adjacent to the interior side yard of some corner lots; no fence permitted in a daylighting triangle; privacy screens max 2.5 m and banned in front yards; barbed/razor wire and electrical fences need site plan approval. A swimming-pool",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "adf81906e63fee6d18d7af3fd1e7f58803278936c955b4f9b9c6b5e1eceeac92",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/adf81906e63fee6d18d7af3fd1e7f58803278936c955b4f9b9c6b5e1eceeac92.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2 m",
    "max_height_front": "1 m",
    "permit_required": false,
    "pool_enclosure": "Minimum 1.5 m height including gates; gates self-closing with self-latching device on inside at or near top; locked when unattended; permit required.",
    "sight_triangle": "No fence within daylighting triangle: 4.5 m from intersection along each street line in residential zones, 7.5 m in all other zones.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire, razor wire prohibited generally; electrical fences prohibited except animal containment in farming operations."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 7.1",
    "max_height_front": "s. 7.2",
    "permit_required": "s. 7.1, s. 7.2 — height limits prescribed with no permit requirement for standard residential fences",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 5.1(a); s. 5.1(d); s. 4.1",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 10.1; s. 2.1(c)",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 13.1; s. 13.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/ajax/fences/text-adf81906e63f/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/ajax/fences/"
}