{
 "answer": "In the Township of Emo, Ontario, max height rear side: 2.1 m; pool enclosure: Pool fence min. 1.4 m; gates min. 1.5 m, self-closing with auto-latch; hot tubs require locked cover or 1.5 m fence; sight triangle: No fence higher than 76.2 cm, as measured from the centreline of the road, within the daylighting triangle formed by two street lines 9 m from their intersection, per Schedule \"A\"; prohibited materials: Barbed wire prohibited; snow fencing prohibited as permanent residential fence; electric devices prohibited except agricultural farm fences. Source: Fence By-law No. 2007-36, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001503",
 "municipality": "Emo",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.emo.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fence By-law No. 2007-36",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2007-10-16",
   "document_url": "https://emo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/FenceBy-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates fences throughout the Township of Emo. A fence located behind the building line may be up to 2.1 metres high, with a higher limit in an industrial zone. On a corner lot a fence up to 2.1 metres may be erected to the front lot line, but nothing higher than 76.2 cm (2.5 ft), measured from the centreline of",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "a667295a12a360f16630673f1442f8ab6d91fdd567f741ad6e1bfc1cde31784d",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a667295a12a360f16630673f1442f8ab6d91fdd567f741ad6e1bfc1cde31784d.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.1 m",
    "pool_enclosure": "Pool fence min. 1.4 m; gates min. 1.5 m, self-closing with auto-latch; hot tubs require locked cover or 1.5 m fence",
    "sight_triangle": "No fence higher than 76.2 cm, as measured from the centreline of the road, within the daylighting triangle formed by two street lines 9 m from their intersection, per Schedule \"A\"",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire prohibited; snow fencing prohibited as permanent residential fence; electric devices prohibited except agricultural farm fences"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "\"a fence may be erected up to a maximum height of 2.1 m\"",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 7.1: \"every such fence shall not be less than 1.4 m.\"; s. 7.5: gates \"not less than 1.5 m.\", \"automatically return the gate or door to the closed position\"; s. 7.3(f)(iii): \"Hot tubs shall be fitted with a tight fitted cover, with a locking device or be protected with a 1.5 m. minimum high fence\"",
    "sight_triangle": "\"no fence shall be erected or maintained higher than 76.2 cm., as measured from the centerline of the road within the day lighting triangle\"",
    "prohibited_materials": "\"Barbed wire fences are prohibited in the Township of Emo\"; \"Snow fencing may not be used as a permanent fence in any zone where the word residential appears\"; s. 10 (electric current devices prohibited except farm fences in agricultural zones)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/emo/fences/text-a667295a12a3/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/emo/fences/"
}