{
 "answer": "In the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, permit required: True; pool enclosure: Minimum 1.2 m high enclosure surrounding pool required; gates must be self-closing and self-latching at top on inside of gate.; prohibited materials: snow fencing, barbed wire, other dangerous materials, or electric current mechanism prohibited. Source: Consolidated Swimming Pool By-law 2005-314, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001576",
 "municipality": "Kawartha Lakes",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.kawarthalakes.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Consolidated Fence By-law 2017-216",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2017-10-24",
   "document_url": "https://gvstksaeu2pcustom001.ghdcdn.com/kawarthalakes-bylawdocuments/2017-216.docx",
   "summary": "Sets a maximum fence height of 2 metres on residential-zoned property and 3 metres on non-residential property, and bars any fence over 1.0 metre within a daylighting or driveway daylighting triangle. No permit is required to construct a fence except for a swimming pool fence under the Swimming Pool By-law. Gates may exceed the height limits by 0.3 m and",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "09e615a958ee446aaf9c3a18924fffad098a8fe874d7402235690e3fa34f8f6a",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/09e615a958ee446aaf9c3a18924fffad098a8fe874d7402235690e3fa34f8f6a.docx",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/kawartha-lakes/fences/text-09e615a958ee/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Consolidated Swimming Pool By-law 2005-314",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2005-11-29",
   "document_url": "https://gvstksaeu2pcustom001.ghdcdn.com/kawarthalakes-bylawdocuments/2005-314.docx",
   "summary": "Requires every swimming pool be enclosed by a pool fence at least 1.2m high with a self-closing/latching gate before the pool may hold water; applies to portable pools too.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "19bba88605008a6062caabb0cd3c56dafe21c8bba532953208d6956e11ef1a4b",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/19bba88605008a6062caabb0cd3c56dafe21c8bba532953208d6956e11ef1a4b.docx",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "Minimum 1.2 m high enclosure surrounding pool required; gates must be self-closing and self-latching at top on inside of gate.",
    "prohibited_materials": "snow fencing, barbed wire, other dangerous materials, or electric current mechanism prohibited"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 2.01: 'No person shall construct or install a swimming pool...without having first obtained a swimming pool and fence permit'",
    "pool_enclosure": "definition 'swimming pool fence': 'minimum height of 1.2m'; s. 3.07: 'self-closing and self-latching device placed at the top and on the inside of the gate'",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 3.06: 'snow fencing, barbed wire or other dangerous materials or a mechanism that permits an electric current to run through the fence'"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/kawartha-lakes/fences/text-19bba8860500/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/kawartha-lakes/fences/"
}