{
 "answer": "In the City of Peterborough, Ontario, sight triangle: fence within flanking triangle exceeds 0.9 metres in height from grade level; permit required: True; pool enclosure: Enclosure required around entire pool area; min. 1.22 m (≤4-unit dwellings) or 1.83 m (>4 units/commercial); gates self-closing, self-latching with latch on inside or min 3'6\" above grade.; prohibited materials: Barbed wire, materials with similar dangerous characteristics, and electric current projection devices prohibited.. Source: By-law 94-64 - To Prescribe the Height and Description of Certain Fences; Municipal Code Chapter 591 - Fences - Swimming Pools, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001702",
 "municipality": "Peterborough",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.peterborough.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 94-64 - To Prescribe the Height and Description of Certain Fences",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1994-05-02",
   "document_url": "https://bylaws.peterborough.ca/bylaws/getFNDoc.do?class_id=20&document_id=13633",
   "summary": "Driveway sight-line rule: no fence (including a hedge or row of plants) may obstruct the vision of a driver entering a highway from a driveway. A fence is deemed obstructing if any part of it within the 'flanking triangle' — 3 metres measured along the street line from the driveway and 3 metres along the driveway — exceeds 0.9 metres",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "046fa5da6095ffc9c243e46fc0dbe53e0bb1a2c16beacd328de2d3e36bad5b0a",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/046fa5da6095ffc9c243e46fc0dbe53e0bb1a2c16beacd328de2d3e36bad5b0a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "sight_triangle": "fence within flanking triangle exceeds 0.9 metres in height from grade level"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "sight_triangle": "s. 3(b): \"any portion of the fence located within a flanking triangle exceeds 0.9 metres in height from grade level\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/peterborough/fences/text-046fa5da6095/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipal Code Chapter 591 - Fences - Swimming Pools",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://bylaws.peterborough.ca/bylaws/getFNDoc.do?class_id=20&document_id=14191",
   "summary": "Requires every privately-owned outdoor swimming pool to be enclosed by a fence extending from grade to a minimum height of 1.22m (4'0\") where the pool serves a detached or semi-detached dwelling or a multiple-family development of not more than four dwelling units, and 1.83m (6'0\") where it serves a development of more than four units or a commercial development such",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "844ff4ad9698d741170e046b88ae303d8ef19eba54c0363e233beabb4a7e8759",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/844ff4ad9698d741170e046b88ae303d8ef19eba54c0363e233beabb4a7e8759.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "Enclosure required around entire pool area; min. 1.22 m (≤4-unit dwellings) or 1.83 m (>4 units/commercial); gates self-closing, self-latching with latch on inside or min 3'6\" above grade.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire, materials with similar dangerous characteristics, and electric current projection devices prohibited."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 591.5.1 — \"No person shall excavate for, erect or construction a pool or a fence... unless and until a permit therefore has been issued\"",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 591.3.3 (minimum heights); s. 591.4.3 (self-closing and self-latching gates)",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 591.3.17 — \"Barbed wire . electric dangerous - prohibited\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/peterborough/fences/text-844ff4ad9698/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/peterborough/fences/"
}