{
 "answer": "In the Town of Atikokan, Ontario, max height rear side: 2.1 m (2.4 m in industrial zones); max height front: 0.90 m (2.4 m permitted for institutional, commercial, or industrial enclosure); pool enclosure: Minimum 1.5 m height; gate must automatically return to closed and latch; latching device at least 1.5 m above ground if accessible from outside; sight triangle: No fence higher than 76.2 cm as measured from centreline of road within the daylighting triangle, per Schedule \"A\". Source: By-law 23-07 Fencing By-law, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001410",
 "municipality": "Atikokan",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.atikokan.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 23-07 Fencing By-law",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2007-06-11",
   "document_url": "https://atikokan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/23-07-for-website.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates fence height (residential max 2.1m, industrial 2.4m) and requires outdoor swimming pools be fenced at least 1.5m high with restricted rail/baluster spacing and self-latching gates; repeals By-law 35-90.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "a3a534904f0811906ecd6eaafe48670d557213b53cf1b452ed577a78388f2499",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a3a534904f0811906ecd6eaafe48670d557213b53cf1b452ed577a78388f2499.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.1 m (2.4 m in industrial zones)",
    "max_height_front": "0.90 m (2.4 m permitted for institutional, commercial, or industrial enclosure)",
    "pool_enclosure": "Minimum 1.5 m height; gate must automatically return to closed and latch; latching device at least 1.5 m above ground if accessible from outside",
    "sight_triangle": "No fence higher than 76.2 cm as measured from centreline of road within the daylighting triangle, per Schedule \"A\"",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire prohibited; electric fences prohibited except farm fences in agricultural zones"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 3: \"a fence may be erected up to a maximum height of 2.1 m. except in an industrial zone...the maximum height shall be 2.4 m\"",
    "max_height_front": "s. 3: \"the maximum height of 0.90 m in any zone, except that a fence erected with a maximum height of 2.4m will be permitted when used to enclose or protect a property for institutional, commercial or industrial zones\"",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 7.1: \"every such fence shall not be less than 1.5 m. in height\"; s. 7.5(a)(b): latching device at least 1.5 m above ground; gate must automatically return to closed",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 4: \"no fence shall be erected or maintained higher than 76.2cm. as measured from the centerline of the road within the day lighting triangle\"",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 5: \"Barbed wire fences are prohibited\"; s. 11: \"use of any device for projecting an electric current through...a fence is prohibited except on farm fences in any agricultural zone\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/atikokan/fences/text-a3a534904f08/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/atikokan/fences/"
}