{
 "answer": "In the Township of Front of Yonge, Ontario, max height rear side: 6 feet; max height front: 6 feet; sight triangle: corner lot triangle formed by 25 feet from street intersection, max height 2.5 feet; prohibited materials: electric fences and barbed wire fences. Source: A By-law to Prescribe the Height and Description of Lawful Fences in the Hamlet of Mallorytown; By-law # 15-06 — Swimming Pool Enclosures By-law, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001517",
 "municipality": "Front of Yonge",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://mallorytown.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "A By-law to Prescribe the Height and Description of Lawful Fences in the Hamlet of Mallorytown",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1998-09-21",
   "document_url": "http://mallorytown.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Fencing-By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Prescribes lawful fence height in the Hamlet of Mallorytown: max 6 feet (1.8m) in any yard, max 2.5 feet on corner-lot sight triangles. Prohibits electric and barbed-wire fences as lawful fences.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "000015e819330cf791517aa18825d993bddb0a011e3aac258411d74ab23671a0",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/000015e819330cf791517aa18825d993bddb0a011e3aac258411d74ab23671a0.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "6 feet",
    "max_height_front": "6 feet",
    "sight_triangle": "corner lot triangle formed by 25 feet from street intersection, max height 2.5 feet",
    "prohibited_materials": "electric fences and barbed wire fences"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 6: \"No fence of a greater height than 6 feet from the adjoining ground level shall be erected in any front yard, side yard, or rear yard.\"",
    "max_height_front": "s. 6: \"No fence of a greater height than 6 feet from the adjoining ground level shall be erected in any front yard, side yard, or rear yard.\"",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 7: \"triangular space formed by joining the points on each street line measured 25 feet from the point of the street intersection shall exceed a height of 2.5 feet\"",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 4: \"An electric fence shall not be a lawful fence\"; s. 5: \"A barbed wire fence shall not be a lawful fence\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/front-of-yonge/fences/text-000015e81933/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law # 15-06 — Swimming Pool Enclosures By-law",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2006-07-10",
   "document_url": "http://mallorytown.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Swimming-Pool-By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires a permit and an enclosure around privately-owned outdoor pools: min 1.2m (4ft) close-boarded fence or 1.52m (5ft) chain link, min 1.2m (4ft) between enclosure and pool.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "bb075f4a32789d1bf7038518d85ab3bf53547e16545a32b56cac2cffbf8e8293",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/bb075f4a32789d1bf7038518d85ab3bf53547e16545a32b56cac2cffbf8e8293.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "At least 1.2 m (4 ft) close-boarded or 1.52 m (5 ft) chain link; self-closing, latching, locking gate; locked when not in use.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire, page-wire, or electrically energized fencing prohibited."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 6: 'No person shall construct or place a swimming pool on his property in the Township without first obtaining a swimming pool permit.'",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 11(a), 11(b), 11(d)(ii)",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 11(e): 'barbed wire, page-wire or fencing energized by electrical current shall not be used'"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/front-of-yonge/fences/text-bb075f4a3278/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/front-of-yonge/fences/"
}