{
 "answer": "In the City of Mississauga, Ontario, permit required: True; pool enclosure: Class-1 Pool: minimum 1.22 m height; Class-2 Pool: minimum 1.83 m height; gates must be self-closing with self-latching hardware on inside.; prohibited materials: barbed wire, electrical wiring, sharp projections, or objects creating danger to persons or animals; max height rear side: 2 metres above effective ground level. Source: Swimming Pool Enclosure By-law 0191-2011; The Fence By-law 0397-1978 (office consolidation, as amended to By-law 0020-2026), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001641",
 "municipality": "Mississauga",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.mississauga.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Swimming Pool Enclosure By-law 0191-2011",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2011-06-22",
   "document_url": "https://www.mississauga.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Swimming-Pool-Enclosure-By-law-0191-2011.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires pool enclosures at least 1.22m (4ft) or 1.83m (6ft) high depending on pool class; sets maximum gap/mesh sizes, prohibited materials, and a 1.22m clearance from structures.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "b498ba450f67265a755ce8efad8fe8e79d01435e97940fe42ac9d6e2a43e3772",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/b498ba450f67265a755ce8efad8fe8e79d01435e97940fe42ac9d6e2a43e3772.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "Class-1 Pool: minimum 1.22 m height; Class-2 Pool: minimum 1.83 m height; gates must be self-closing with self-latching hardware on inside.",
    "prohibited_materials": "barbed wire, electrical wiring, sharp projections, or objects creating danger to persons or animals"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 9(1): Owner must apply for a Certificate of Approval by submitting a completed Swimming Pool Enclosure application form",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 20, s. 21, s. 30(b)",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 29"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/mississauga/fences/text-b498ba450f67/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "The Fence By-law 0397-1978 (office consolidation, as amended to By-law 0020-2026)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1978-06-26",
   "document_url": "https://www.mississauga.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/18081845/Fence-By-law-0397-1978.pdf",
   "summary": "Sets fence height limits for residential and commercial land: general maximum 2.0 m; within 4.5 m of the nearest street line in a front yard, 1.0 m for a solid fence or 1.5 m for an open-construction fence; maximum 1 m within a corner-lot sight triangle. No height limit applies to hedges, shrubs and trees except in the front-yard and",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "c18ca29c542fab18d24f0440205c6139ecb1af57694299d8513b18d727a857cb",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c18ca29c542fab18d24f0440205c6139ecb1af57694299d8513b18d727a857cb.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2 metres above effective ground level",
    "max_height_front": "1 metre (solid construction) or 1.5 metres (open construction) within 4.5 m of street line",
    "sight_triangle": "Max 1 metre within sight triangle (6 m legs from intersection of street lines); open construction permitted if visibility of motorists and pedestrians unobstructed",
    "prohibited_materials": "Razor wire, razor ribbon, barbed wire, chicken wire, sheet metal, corrugated metal, sharp projections on fence, electrical fences capable of causing physical injury"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 5(1)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 6(2)(a) and s. 6(2)(b)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 8",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 11(1); definition of \"hazardous material\" in s. 2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/mississauga/fences/text-c18ca29c542f/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/mississauga/fences/"
}