{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc, Ontario, max height rear side: 2.1 metres (7 feet); max height front: 0.91 metres (3 feet) solid; 1.8 metres (6 feet) open type; permit required: True; pool enclosure: Swimming pool enclosure fences require a permit from the Chief Building Official prior to the construction of a pool, per By-law No. 26-12.. Source: Fence By-law 02-24; Pool By-law 24-09 (Consolidated), verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001775",
 "municipality": "Strathroy-Caradoc",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.strathroy-caradoc.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fence By-law 02-24",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-02-05",
   "document_url": "https://media-001-ca.cdn.govstack.com/strathroy-caradoc-005-ca/media/fp2ns2h3/by-law-no-02-24-fence-by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "On a residential lot, a front-yard fence may not exceed 0.91 m (3 ft) if of solid construction or 1.8 m (6 ft) if of open-type construction, and a rear- or side-yard fence may not exceed 2.1 m (7 ft); the same 2.1 m applies along the lot line where a front yard abuts the rear yard of an adjacent",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "76942d072cdff53887ea5cd9825a7aa1c7c271740a22add5a15bff549d824059",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/76942d072cdff53887ea5cd9825a7aa1c7c271740a22add5a15bff549d824059.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.1 metres (7 feet)",
    "max_height_front": "0.91 metres (3 feet) solid; 1.8 metres (6 feet) open type",
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "Swimming pool enclosure fences require a permit from the Chief Building Official prior to the construction of a pool, per By-law No. 26-12.",
    "sight_triangle": "No fence within a Sight Triangle that impedes vision between 60 cm and 3 m above centre line grade, per Zoning By-law Section 4.30(1).",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire (except industrial zones meeting criteria); electrical fences (except agricultural zones for livestock)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 3(c)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 3(b)",
    "permit_required": "s. 2(b)",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 2(b)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 2(h)",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 6(a); s. 7(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/strathroy-caradoc/fences/text-76942d072cdf/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Pool By-law 24-09 (Consolidated)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2009-05-04",
   "document_url": "https://media-001-ca.cdn.govstack.com/strathroy-caradoc-005-ca/media/hbdark5e/by-law-24-09-consolidated-pool-fence-by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Every pool owner must enclose the pool to a height of not less than 120 cm. The enclosure must be of vertically boarded wood, solid wood, masonry, plastic or metal, have no rails or bracing on the outside face that would facilitate climbing, have no opening with a horizontal dimension greater than 5 cm, and leave a ground clearance no",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "e56a915adff684374cfb2164d8ef0e7c591ed1c0cd35358fe6d543c7d878729e",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e56a915adff684374cfb2164d8ef0e7c591ed1c0cd35358fe6d543c7d878729e.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "Minimum 120 cm high; vertically boarded wood, masonry, plastic or metal; self-closing/self-latching gate on pool side.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire and electric/current-conducting enclosures prohibited."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 5(1) — 'No person shall construct or install a pool...without first obtaining the relevant permit'",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 6(1)(a) — 'not less than one hundred and twenty (120) centimetres'; s. 6(1)(b); s. 7(1)(b)",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 5(9) — 'No person shall allow or construct any part of any enclosure...which consists of barbed wire or which conducts an electric current'"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/strathroy-caradoc/fences/text-e56a915adff6/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/strathroy-caradoc/fences/"
}