{
 "answer": "In the Township of Whitewater, Ontario, permit required: True; pool enclosure: Minimum height 1.2 m (4 ft); gates self-closing and self-latching on pool side; area secured when not in use.; prohibited materials: Barbed wire and electric-current fencing prohibited; no dangerous projecting characteristics.. Source: By-law Number 22-05-1506 (Fences and Enclosures around Privately Owned Swimming Pools), verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001828",
 "municipality": "Whitewater",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "https://www.whitewaterregion.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law Number 22-05-1506 (Fences and Enclosures around Privately Owned Swimming Pools)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-05-18",
   "document_url": "https://whitewaterregion.civicweb.net/document/39282",
   "summary": "Requires a permit and a pool enclosure fence of at least 1.2m in height, with detailed chain-link/vertical-board construction specs, for all privately owned outdoor swimming pools.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "77a38a6544e85dcf413c9400ef97d5c733004bdcbca583391a3745eec2283a30",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/77a38a6544e85dcf413c9400ef97d5c733004bdcbca583391a3745eec2283a30.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "Minimum height 1.2 m (4 ft); gates self-closing and self-latching on pool side; area secured when not in use.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire and electric-current fencing prohibited; no dangerous projecting characteristics."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 2.1; s. 3.1",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 3.2(a); s. 4.3",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 2.9; s. 3.3(f)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/whitewater/fences/text-77a38a6544e8/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/whitewater/fences/"
}