{
 "answer": "In the Township of Blandford-Blenheim, Ontario, permit required: True; pool enclosure: Minimum 1.52 m (5'-0\") height fence; self-closing, self-latching gate minimum 1.52 m; latch on pool side at top.; prohibited materials: Electric current through fence prohibited, except farm fences in agricultural zones.; max height rear side: 2.43 metres (8 feet). Source: By-law 1705-2011 – Pool Enclosure By-law; By-law 2125-2019 – A By-law to Regulate the Height, Kind and Location of Fences; Zoning By-law 1360-2002 (consolidated), Section 5.23 Sight Triangles, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001422",
 "municipality": "Blandford-Blenheim",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.twp.bla-ble.on.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
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   "title": "By-law 1705-2011 – Pool Enclosure By-law",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2011-12-07",
   "document_url": "https://www.blandfordblenheim.ca/media/e4ilxfmx/poolfencebylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires a permit to excavate for or erect a privately-owned outdoor swimming pool with a water depth of 76.2 cm (2 ft 6 in) or more, including inflatable pools. The enclosure fence must be at least 1.52 m (5 ft) high with all horizontal and diagonal members on the pool side, prescribed chain-link mesh or vertical-member spacing, and gates of",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "35662e3932a159c35197ed90972d934e7bca00988b7b3c87de7567fe0814f987",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "Minimum 1.52 m (5'-0\") height fence; self-closing, self-latching gate minimum 1.52 m; latch on pool side at top.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Electric current through fence prohibited, except farm fences in agricultural zones."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4: \"No person shall excavate for, erect or construct a privately-owned outdoor swimming pool without first submitting the following plans and obtaining a permit\"",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 3(a), s. 3(e), s. 3(f)",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 6: \"The use of any device for projecting an electric current through or in conjunction with a fence is prohibited except on farm fences\""
   },
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  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2125-2019 – A By-law to Regulate the Height, Kind and Location of Fences",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-03-06",
   "document_url": "https://www.blandfordblenheim.ca/media/0n5lmobn/2015-2019-fence.pdf",
   "summary": "Interior lots: front-yard fence max 0.91m (3ft); rear/interior side yard max 2.43m (8ft). Corner lots: front yard max 0.91m. Regulates permitted materials and corner-lot placement; repeals prior By-law 411-81.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "a47c43df2ae6c5577f1c09940ae182bff6a6667afce7f942800663ebbdcf382c",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a47c43df2ae6c5577f1c09940ae182bff6a6667afce7f942800663ebbdcf382c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.43 metres (8 feet)",
    "max_height_front": "0.91 metres (3 feet)",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire prohibited except agricultural livestock, commercial/industrial top, or Township security fences; electric fences prohibited except agricultural livestock."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 3.1(b): 'a fence within any rear yard or interior side yard shall not exceed a height of 2.43 metres (8 feet)'",
    "max_height_front": "s. 3.1(a): 'a fence within the front yard shall not exceed a height of 0.91 metres (3 feet)'",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 3.3 and s. 3.4"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/blandford-blenheim/fences/text-a47c43df2ae6/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Zoning By-law 1360-2002 (consolidated), Section 5.23 Sight Triangles",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://cdn.umb-sites.dev/county/media/p2wfqeaj/b-s5_genprov.pdf",
   "summary": "Section 5.23 of the Township's zoning by-law requires a sight triangle measured back from an intersection 7.5 m (24.6 ft) in all Residential Zones and 9 m (29.5 ft) in all other zones. Within the sight triangle of a corner lot, no obstruction higher than 0.6 m (2 ft) above grade is permitted, including any building, structure, sign, landscape planting",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
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   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "sight_triangle": "No obstruction higher than 0.6 m (2 ft) above grade within sight triangle; measured 7.5 m in Residential Zones, 9 m in all other Zones"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "sight_triangle": "s. 5.23.1, s. 5.23.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/blandford-blenheim/fences/text-cf2d262fd259/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
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 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/blandford-blenheim/fences/"
}