{
 "answer": "In the Township of Lanark Highlands, Ontario, permit required: True; pool enclosure: Enclosure must be at least 1.52 m (5 ft) high, self-closing/self-latching gate on pool side, no opening >100 mm.; prohibited materials: Barbed wire and electrical current prohibited; lattice work prohibited.. Source: By-law No. 2005-591 - Swimming Pool Fence By-Law, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001597",
 "municipality": "Lanark Highlands",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.lanarkhighlands.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 2005-591 - Swimming Pool Fence By-Law",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2005-05-10",
   "document_url": "https://www.lanarkhighlands.ca/component/edocman/to-regulate-fencing-around-swimming-pools-by-law-no-2005-591/viewdocument/71?Itemid=0",
   "summary": "Requires every privately owned swimming pool be enclosed by a fence at least 1.52m (5ft) high with self-closing, self-latching gate; gaps under 100mm; bars barbed wire, electric current and climbable features.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "00d3c927867ecc278d3ad696f531ba79ac8af44f635b95a823536b8f374a6f94",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/00d3c927867ecc278d3ad696f531ba79ac8af44f635b95a823536b8f374a6f94.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "Enclosure must be at least 1.52 m (5 ft) high, self-closing/self-latching gate on pool side, no opening >100 mm.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire and electrical current prohibited; lattice work prohibited."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 3.6: 'without first obtaining a swimming pool fence permit from the Township'",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 4.1, s. 5.1: 'extend from the ground to the height of not less than 1.52 m (5 feet)'; 'self-closing and self-latching hardware'",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 4.7, s. 4.8"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/lanark-highlands/fences/text-00d3c927867e/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/lanark-highlands/fences/"
}