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 "answer": "In the Town of Orangeville, Ontario, max height rear side: 2.1 metres (2.7 metres if open nature); max height front: 0.9 metres; sight triangle: shall not be erected along the street line in any sight triangle; permit required: True. Source: Comprehensive Zoning By-law 22-90, as amended - Office Consolidation February 1, 1996, updated December 31, 2022 - Section 5.11 Fences; Pool Enclosure By-law No. 2026-030, verified 2026-08-30.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001682",
 "municipality": "Orangeville",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-30",
 "official_website": "https://www.orangeville.ca/",
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   "title": "Comprehensive Zoning By-law 22-90, as amended - Office Consolidation February 1, 1996, updated December 31, 2022 - Section 5.11 Fences",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1990-03-19",
   "document_url": "https://www.orangeville.ca/Modules/Bylaws/Bylaw/Download/30be9ca8-cd02-4555-9f4f-7cebd05aefc3",
   "summary": "Section 5.11 sets Orangeville's fence heights: maximum 2.1 metres in rear and side yards, increasable to 2.7 metres if the portion above 2.1 metres is open (trellis or lattice); maximum 0.9 metres in any front yard, and no fence along the street line in a sight triangle. Noise fences may reach 3 metres.",
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   "discovered_at": "2026-08-30",
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   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.1 metres (2.7 metres if open nature)",
    "max_height_front": "0.9 metres",
    "sight_triangle": "shall not be erected along the street line in any sight triangle"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 5.11",
    "max_height_front": "s. 5.11",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 5.11"
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   "title": "Pool Enclosure By-law No. 2026-030",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-05-11",
   "document_url": "https://www.orangeville.ca/Modules/Bylaws/Bylaw/Download/a2b72e24-fa56-465a-903e-a5ec9fda409e",
   "summary": "Requires a pool enclosure permit before excavating for or installing a privately owned outdoor pool. Every enclosure must be at least 1.524 metres (5 feet) high measured from finished grade, and gates must match that height and carry lockable self-closing hinges and self-latching hardware, kept closed and latched at all times. Repeals By-law 1993-015.",
   "discovered_by": "on-recapture",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-30",
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   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "Minimum height 1.524 metres (5'-0\") measured from finished grade. Gates must be equipped with lockable, self-closing hinges and self-latching hardware.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire, similar dangerous characteristics, or electrical current connected to or conducted through any part of enclosure."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 4.1",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 8.2.1; s. 8.5.1",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 8.9.1; s. 8.9.2"
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 1993-044 - Fence Height (amendment to Zoning By-law 22-90)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.orangeville.ca/Modules/Bylaws/Bylaw/Download/06e616e9-871f-4075-97cc-6fe32c02b1ca",
   "summary": "Amends Zoning By-law 22-90 to revise the definition of accessory building (an attached or detached structure over ten square metres consisting of a wall, roof and floor, or any one of them, incidental to the main building and not used for human habitation) and to replace Section 5.8, Fences. A maximum fence height of 0.9 metres is permitted in any",
   "discovered_by": "on-recapture",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-30",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/orangeville/fences/"
}