{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Huron East, Ontario, permit required: True; pool enclosure: Swimming pool fence must extend to minimum 153 cm (60 inches), with self-closing and self-latching gate.. Source: Swimming Pool Fence By-law No. 75 for 2001, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001564",
 "municipality": "Huron East",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.huroneast.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Swimming Pool Fence By-law No. 75 for 2001",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2001-06-03",
   "document_url": "https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/huroneast-018-ca/media/oe3huafx/swimming-pool-fence-bylaw-20250918.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires every privately-owned outdoor swimming pool to be enclosed by a fence extending from the ground to a height of at least 153 cm (60 in), measured from ground level outside the enclosure. Openings must not pass a sphere larger than 3.8 cm (1.5 in), except that on non-chain-link fences whose horizontal rails are at least 1.2 m (4 ft)",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "bf34be5e76b3861d0dc10b33f49d9ce453ac9c4a562bbaf990d4df11b8e25ba0",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/bf34be5e76b3861d0dc10b33f49d9ce453ac9c4a562bbaf990d4df11b8e25ba0.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "Swimming pool fence must extend to minimum 153 cm (60 inches), with self-closing and self-latching gate."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3.1: 'No person shall construct or cause to be constructed a swimming pool without having first obtained a swimming pool fence permit'",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 5.1: 'not less than 153 centimetres (60 inches)'; s. 5.8: gate must have self-closing and self-latching device"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/huron-east/fences/text-bf34be5e76b3/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/huron-east/fences/"
}