{
 "answer": "In the Township of McGarry, Ontario, max height rear side: 2 m; max height front: 1 m; sight triangle: No fence shall obstruct a sight triangle; sight triangle defined as 6.0 m from point of intersection of street lines; prohibited materials: barb-wire, spire tips, sharp objects or any device for projecting an electric current. Source: Comprehensive Zoning By-law No. 2024-17 — Fences (Section 4.7) and Private Swimming Pools (Section 4.1.5), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001628",
 "municipality": "McGarry",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.mcgarry.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Comprehensive Zoning By-law No. 2024-17 — Fences (Section 4.7) and Private Swimming Pools (Section 4.1.5)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://mcgarry.ca/vertical/sites/%7B40397494-D39F-4891-BD59-6F55F34D917D%7D/uploads/McGarry_ZBL_-_In_Effect_2025-09-29.pdf_FINAL_VERSION_%281%29.pdf",
   "summary": "Residential fence heights: max 2m in interior side/rear yards, 1m in front/exterior side yards; no obstructing sight triangles, no barbed wire or electrified fencing. Non-residential fences up to 2-2.5m. Pool pump/filter equipment must be enclosed; pools set back 1.2m (3m on exterior side lot line).",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "dbc7ff9121004fa39eae84b121271adc07119b90841fefce0254ef9078834606",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/dbc7ff9121004fa39eae84b121271adc07119b90841fefce0254ef9078834606.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2 m",
    "max_height_front": "1 m",
    "sight_triangle": "No fence shall obstruct a sight triangle; sight triangle defined as 6.0 m from point of intersection of street lines",
    "prohibited_materials": "barb-wire, spire tips, sharp objects or any device for projecting an electric current"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 4.7(b)(i): \"maximum height of a fence in the interior side or rear yard shall be 2 m\"",
    "max_height_front": "s. 4.7(b)(ii): \"maximum height of a fence in the front yard or exterior side yard shall be 1 m\"",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 4.7(b)(iii): \"No fence shall be erected so as to obstruct a sight triangle\"; s. 4.25(a): \"6.0 m from the point of intersection of the street lines\"",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 4.7(b)(v): \"use of barb-wire, spire tips, sharp objects or any device for projecting an electric current in any fence construction is prohibited\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/mcgarry/fences/text-dbc7ff912100/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/mcgarry/fences/"
}