{
 "answer": "In the Township of Guelph/Eramosa, Ontario, max height rear side: Rear yard: 2.5 m (8 ft 2 inches); interior side yard: 1.9 m (6 ft 2 inches); max height front: 1.07 m (3 ft 6 inches); permit required: False; pool enclosure: Min. 1.5 m (single-family residential) or 1.8 m (all other properties); gates self-closing, self-latching at ≥1.5 m height; permit required before excavation. Source: Fence By-law 47/2023 (A By-law to Regulate Fences and Swimming Pool Enclosures), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001539",
 "municipality": "Guelph/Eramosa",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.get.on.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fence By-law 47/2023 (A By-law to Regulate Fences and Swimming Pool Enclosures)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-10-02",
   "document_url": "https://get.on.ca/uploads/userfiles/files/By-laws/2023/047-2023%20-%20Fencing%20by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates fence construction, height and swimming pool enclosures throughout the Township and excludes the Township from the Line Fences Act (except s.20 of that Act). Table A maximum fence heights: 1.9 m in an exterior side yard within 4 m of the front lot or street line and in an interior side yard (2.5 m between buildings on non-residential property),",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "7446c7718bb6e72acec58d1f6fe29c7799fa2ca8a5a9d706abe6dcddf9c437f5",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7446c7718bb6e72acec58d1f6fe29c7799fa2ca8a5a9d706abe6dcddf9c437f5.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "Rear yard: 2.5 m (8 ft 2 inches); interior side yard: 1.9 m (6 ft 2 inches)",
    "max_height_front": "1.07 m (3 ft 6 inches)",
    "permit_required": false,
    "pool_enclosure": "Min. 1.5 m (single-family residential) or 1.8 m (all other properties); gates self-closing, self-latching at ≥1.5 m height; permit required before excavation",
    "sight_triangle": "Max 0.8 m (2 ft 7 inches) above travelled portion of abutting streets; triangle measured 7.62 m along each Street Line from corner intersection",
    "prohibited_materials": "Plywood, railway ties, scrap, hazardous material, sheet metal, corrugated metal panels prohibited"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 7.2(c) and s. 7.2(d); Table A rows 'Interior Side Yard' and 'Rear Yard not within 4 metres of lot/street line'",
    "max_height_front": "s. 7.2(a); Table A row 'Front Yard and remainder of Exterior Side Yard'",
    "permit_required": "s. 11 establishes Swimming Pool Enclosure Permits only; no fence permit provision anywhere in By-law",
    "pool_enclosure": "Schedule \"A\" s. 1(b); Table B; Schedule \"A\" s. 3(d)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 7.2(b); definition of \"Daylighting Triangle\" in s. 3.1",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 6.9; s. 6.13"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/guelph-eramosa/fences/text-7446c7718bb6/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/guelph-eramosa/fences/"
}