{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of McDougall, Ontario, max height rear side: 2.0 m; max height front: 0.9 m within 3.0 m of a front lot line; sight triangle: max 0.9 m height within a daylight triangle or sight triangle; prohibited materials: sheet metal/corrugated metal panels (residential zones); barbed wire; electric fences (exceptions apply). Source: Fence Control By-law (By-law No. 2016-60), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001627",
 "municipality": "McDougall",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://mcdougall.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fence Control By-law (By-law No. 2016-60)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://mcdougall2022.municipalwebsites.ca/Editor/images/By-laws/Fence%20Control%20By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates and prohibits fences in the Municipality: general maximum height 2.0m, up to 3.0m in some zones, and only 0.9m within a daylight/sight triangle at corner lots; gates may exceed the height limit by up to 0.3m.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "392444b6141a6c9975ce9ab003d73c833d3047cc6822518d437f4c77ee81a457",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/392444b6141a6c9975ce9ab003d73c833d3047cc6822518d437f4c77ee81a457.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.0 m",
    "max_height_front": "0.9 m within 3.0 m of a front lot line",
    "sight_triangle": "max 0.9 m height within a daylight triangle or sight triangle",
    "prohibited_materials": "sheet metal/corrugated metal panels (residential zones); barbed wire; electric fences (exceptions apply)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 3(2)(a): 'exceeding a height of 2.0m on a lot in any zone'",
    "max_height_front": "s. 3(2)(d)(ii): 'exceeding a height of 0.9m and located within... 3.0m of a front lot line'",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 3(2)(d)(i): 'a daylight triangle or sight triangle'",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 3(a) (sheet metal/corrugated metal); s. 3(4) (barbed wire); s. 3(5) (electric current)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/mcdougall/fences/text-392444b6141a/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/mcdougall/fences/"
}