{
 "answer": "In the Town of Hanover, Ontario, max height rear side: 2.0 m; max height front: 2.0 m; pool enclosure: Fence not less than 1.5 m high; gates 1.5 m high, equipped with lock, kept secured when pool not in use; sight triangle: No fence exceeding 0.9 metres in height within any corner visibility triangle or driveway visibility triangle. Source: Fence By-law 3298-24, as amended by By-law 3400-26, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001545",
 "municipality": "Hanover",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.hanover.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fence By-law 3298-24, as amended by By-law 3400-26",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-03-18",
   "document_url": "https://www.hanover.ca/media/2284",
   "summary": "Caps fences on residential lots at 2.0 m in any yard (a minor exemption for greater height may be granted by the Director of Building and Planning, and up to 3 m is permitted on certain other lands), and at 0.9 m within any corner visibility triangle or driveway visibility triangle. Requires a private outdoor swimming pool to be effectively",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "d093aecf58177dc80a482aef462828bc85a69edb41ea44c8581365aaabd07469",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d093aecf58177dc80a482aef462828bc85a69edb41ea44c8581365aaabd07469.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.0 m",
    "max_height_front": "2.0 m",
    "pool_enclosure": "Fence not less than 1.5 m high; gates 1.5 m high, equipped with lock, kept secured when pool not in use",
    "sight_triangle": "No fence exceeding 0.9 metres in height within any corner visibility triangle or driveway visibility triangle",
    "prohibited_materials": "Pallets, skids, discarded materials (residential); barbed wire; electric fences (exceptions for agricultural, industrial, government use)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 4.1(a): \"a fence within any yard shall not exceed a height of 2.0 metres\"",
    "max_height_front": "s. 4.1(a): \"a fence within any yard shall not exceed a height of 2.0 metres\"",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 6.1(a); s. 6.1(d)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 4.1(c)",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 2.3; s. 8.1; s. 9.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/hanover/fences/text-d093aecf5817/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/hanover/fences/"
}