How tall can my fence be? Do I need a fence around my pool?
In the City of Elliot Lake, Ontario, permit required: True; pool enclosure: Minimum 1.5 m height completely surrounding pool; gates self-closing, self-latching, spring-loaded with lock at top of gate.; prohibited materials: Barbed wire or device producing electric current prohibited from fence or gate.; max height rear side: 1.9 m (R1, R1M, R2, R2M Zones); 2.44 m (all other zones). Source: Swimming Pool By-law 24-28; Zoning By-law 18-36 (Consolidated), verified 2026-08-28.
| permit required | True | s. 2(a) |
| pool enclosure | Minimum 1.5 m height completely surrounding pool; gates self-closing, self-latching, spring-loaded with lock at top of gate. | s. 3(d); s. 6(a) |
| prohibited materials | Barbed wire or device producing electric current prohibited from fence or gate. | s. 3(e) |
Requires pool enclosure min 1.5m high with self-closing/self-latching gate; max pool/hot tub height 1.5m above grade; min 1.2m setback from side/rear lot lines.
| max height rear side | 1.9 m (R1, R1M, R2, R2M Zones); 2.44 m (all other zones) | s. 5.3 encroachments table: 'Fences and hedgerows more than 0.9 m in height in R1, R1M, R2, R2M Zones, to a maximum height of 1.9 m' / 'Fences in all other zones, to a maximum height of 2.44 m' |
| max height front | 0.9 m (R1, R1M, R2, R2M Zones); 2.44 m (all other zones) | s. 5.3 encroachments table: fences >0.9 m permitted only in 'All yards other than the required front and or required corner side yards' in R1/R1M/R2/R2M; all other zones 2.44 m in any yard |
| sight triangle | Fences exceeding 0.9 m above centreline elevation of abutting streets prohibited within sight triangle; triangle formed by 6.0 m legs from intersection of street lines | s. 5.17; sight triangle definition s. 3: 'each such point being 6.0 m from the point of intersection of the street lines' |
Residential fences/hedgerows max 0.9m in required front/corner-side yards, up to 1.9m elsewhere in R1/R2 zones; max 2.44m in other zones, subject to sight-triangle compliance.