Fences & pool enclosures — Grand Valley, Ontario

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In the Town of Grand Valley, Ontario, max height rear side: 2 m; permit required: True; pool enclosure: Minimum 1.5 m height; self-closing, self-latching gate locked when unsupervised; Building Permit required under Ontario Building Code.; sight triangle: No fence shall encroach onto applicable sight triangles; driveway sight triangles formed by measuring 4.5 m up driveway and 4.5 m down lot line abutting right-of-way.. Source: By-law 2020-31 - Fence and Pool Enclosure By-law (Consolidated July 2022), verified 2026-08-28.

By-law 2020-31 - Fence and Pool Enclosure By-law (Consolidated July 2022) adopted bylaw
max height rear side 2 m s. 5.1
permit required True s. 10.1 (second)
pool enclosure Minimum 1.5 m height; self-closing, self-latching gate locked when unsupervised; Building Permit required under Ontario Building Code. s. 9.2.1; s. 9.3.3; s. 9.1
sight triangle No fence shall encroach onto applicable sight triangles; driveway sight triangles formed by measuring 4.5 m up driveway and 4.5 m down lot line abutting right-of-way. s. 2.3; s. 1.17
prohibited materials Barbed wire and electric fences prohibited for line fences; low voltage invisible pet fencing excepted. s. 2.5
scout note

Fence and pool enclosure by-law (office consolidation, July 2022). A line fence in the settlement area may not exceed 2 m along any side or rear property line and is not permitted in a front or exterior side yard except as expressly allowed; agricultural line fences may be up to 2 m and need no permit. A privacy screen meeting

Machine-readable: fences.json · Official website: http://www.townofgrandvalley.ca/ · Last verified 2026-08-28 · Fences & pool enclosures in other municipalities