{
 "answer": "In the Township of Mapleton, Ontario, max height rear side: 2.5 m (rear yard); 2.32 m (exterior/interior side yards, residential); max height front: 1.2 m; permit required: False; pool enclosure: Minimum 1.5 m (single-family residential) or 1.8 m (multiple/non-residential); permit required; gate self-closing with self-latching locking device at top inside.. Source: By-law 2024-021, A By-law to Regulate Fences in the Township of Mapleton, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001618",
 "municipality": "Mapleton",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.mapleton.ca/",
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2024-021, A By-law to Regulate Fences in the Township of Mapleton",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-04-30",
   "document_url": "https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/mapleton-ca/media/2hgftbef/by-law-2024-021-regulate-fences-1.pdf",
   "summary": "Repeals By-law 2005-004. Sets max fence heights by yard: rear 2.5m, interior side 2.32m, front 1.2m, driveway sight triangle 1.2m/0.8m. Schedules A-C give detailed swimming-pool enclosure fence height/gate requirements.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "af594f50433c21da93912b0baea81f45e717fc44c871422279a83776df627101",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/af594f50433c21da93912b0baea81f45e717fc44c871422279a83776df627101.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.5 m (rear yard); 2.32 m (exterior/interior side yards, residential)",
    "max_height_front": "1.2 m",
    "permit_required": false,
    "pool_enclosure": "Minimum 1.5 m (single-family residential) or 1.8 m (multiple/non-residential); permit required; gate self-closing with self-latching locking device at top inside.",
    "sight_triangle": "9.0 m along arterial/collector highway; 7.5 m along local street; max 0.8 m solid fence or 1.2 m chain link fence within triangle",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire (except agricultural livestock use); electric fence (except agricultural ≤12V livestock); snow fencing and plastic mesh as permanent fence"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 5.1, Table A rows 1–3",
    "max_height_front": "s. 5.1, Table A row 4",
    "permit_required": "s. 6.1 (permits established for outdoor swimming pool enclosures only; no fence permit provision)",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 3.5; s. 6.3 Table E; s. 7.1(a)",
    "sight_triangle": "\"Sight Triangle\" definition; s. 5.1 Table A row 5",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 4.1; s. 4.2; s. 5.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/mapleton/fences/text-af594f50433c/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/mapleton/fences/"
}