| max height rear side | 1.8 metres (6 feet) | s. 3.1: "greater than 1.8 metres (6 feet) in height in any rear yard or side yard" |
| max height front | 1.20 metres (4 Feet) | s. 3.1: "greater than 1.20 metres (4 Feet) in a front yard" |
| pool enclosure | Minimum 1.22 m (4 ft) height fence/wall around pool; gates self-closing with self-latching device at top on pool side. | s. 7.1(b), s. 7.2(c)(d): "minimum of 1.22 metres (4 feet) in height"; gates "equipped with a self closing device" and "self latching device placed at the top and on the pool side" |
| prohibited materials | Barbed wire or sharp materials (except industrial/commercial zones at ≥1.80 m); electric current conductors prohibited. | s. 5.1: "No person shall use any barbed wire or other barbed or sharp materials"; s. 5.2: "fence...used as a conductor of an electrical current" |
scout note
In the hamlets of Bonfield and Rutherglen: fence max 1.8m (6ft) in rear/side yards, 1.2m (4ft) in front yard (3.04m/10ft for industrial/commercial/utility uses); bans barbed wire on residential fences. Township-wide, swimming pool enclosures must be min 1.22m (4ft) high with self-closing, self-latching gates.