{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of West Nipissing, Ontario, permit required: True; pool enclosure: Fence at least 48 inches high, 5–16 ft from pool, self-closing/self-latching gate on pool side.; max height rear side: 2 m; max height front: 1.2 m. Source: Fences (Swimming Pools) By-law 2005/40; Fences By-law 2009/38, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001821",
 "municipality": "West Nipissing",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "https://www.westnipissing.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fences (Swimming Pools) By-law 2005/40",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.westnipissing.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2005-40-Fences-Swimming-Pools-WEB-EN.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires privately owned outdoor pools to be fenced with a gate at least 48 inches (1.2m) high, self-closing and self-latching, set between 5 and 16 feet from the pool.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "0470e6109ed0b99acb03668dd3ccdb18d5f4d90cd49af37ca1aa38f9b4d031f0",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0470e6109ed0b99acb03668dd3ccdb18d5f4d90cd49af37ca1aa38f9b4d031f0.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "Fence at least 48 inches high, 5–16 ft from pool, self-closing/self-latching gate on pool side."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 12 — plan shall be submitted … for obtaining a building permit",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 14(b), s. 15(c) — fencing … at least forty eight inches height … self-closing and self-latching devices … on the pool side of the gate"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/west-nipissing/fences/text-0470e6109ed0/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Fences By-law 2009/38",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2009-06-16",
   "document_url": "https://www.westnipissing.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/2009-38-Fences-WEB-EN.pdf",
   "summary": "Maximum fence height 2 metres in all zones, reduced to 1.2 metres within the front or flank yard in residential and rural residential zones (excludes swimming pool fences).",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "780d38e6517b5cd43bd2136c712389ca84ee989f7eafa75209dfb3d00f0aa0f6",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/780d38e6517b5cd43bd2136c712389ca84ee989f7eafa75209dfb3d00f0aa0f6.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2 m",
    "max_height_front": "1.2 m",
    "permit_required": false,
    "sight_triangle": "No fence greater than 1.2 meters (4.00 feet) within the sight triangle (9 m from corner of lot at street intersection)",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire in residential zones or adjoining residential/institutional/recreational zones; electrified wire in residential zones or adjoining residential/institutional zones"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 5.2",
    "max_height_front": "s. 5.3",
    "permit_required": "Part 4 s. 4.1",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 5.6",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 5.7, s. 5.10"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/west-nipissing/fences/text-780d38e6517b/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/west-nipissing/fences/"
}