Fences & pool enclosures — Atikokan, Ontario

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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.

By-law 23-07 Fencing By-law adopted bylaw
max height rear side 2.1 m (2.4 m in industrial zones) 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 0.90 m (2.4 m permitted for institutional, commercial, or industrial enclosure) 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 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 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 No fence higher than 76.2 cm as measured from centreline of road within the daylighting triangle, per Schedule "A" 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 Barbed wire prohibited; electric fences prohibited except farm fences in agricultural zones 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"
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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.

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