{
 "answer": "In the Town of Milton, Ontario, permit required: True; pool enclosure: Minimum 1.2m (4ft.) enclosure required around all swimming pools; gates must be self-closing and self-latching, kept closed and locked when pool not in use.; prohibited materials: Barbed wire, broken glass, electric current, basket weave, and horizontal split rail fencing prohibited.. Source: Swimming Pool Fence By-law 077-2010 (Consolidated, amended by 037-2013), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001638",
 "municipality": "Milton",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.milton.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Swimming Pool Fence By-law 077-2010 (Consolidated, amended by 037-2013)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2010-06-28",
   "document_url": "https://www.milton.ca/en/town-hall/resources/Accessible_Bylaws/077-2010-Swimming-Pool-Fence-Repeal-80-2003-Consolidated.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires owners of private swimming pools to erect and maintain enclosure fencing; minimum fence height 1.2m (4ft) with self-closing, self-latching gates; alternate wall-enclosure minimum also 1.2m; repeals By-law 80-2003.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "c3bce330dc02db53af8d1ab7c1a8fce4b34ef79c03e05b307487ebfeb1f0c3e7",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c3bce330dc02db53af8d1ab7c1a8fce4b34ef79c03e05b307487ebfeb1f0c3e7.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "Minimum 1.2m (4ft.) enclosure required around all swimming pools; gates must be self-closing and self-latching, kept closed and locked when pool not in use.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire, broken glass, electric current, basket weave, and horizontal split rail fencing prohibited."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 6.1: 'No person shall excavate for, erect or install any swimming pool and associated swimming pool enclosure without a permit'",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 3.2.1(a), s. 3.2.5: enclosure not less than 1.2m (4ft.); gates self-closing and self-latching",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 3.2.7, s. 3.2.8: 'Basket weave and horizontal split rail fencing is prohibited'; 'barbed wire, broken glass or use of electric current...is prohibited'"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/milton/fences/text-c3bce330dc02/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/milton/fences/"
}