{
 "answer": "In the City of Woodstock, Ontario, sight triangle: No shrub/hedge within 30 feet of intersection exceeding 30 inches above grade; max height rear side: 2.13 metres (7 feet); max height front: 0.91 metres (3 feet); permit required: True. Source: Municipal Code Chapter 0462 - Fences - Trees - Shrubs on Highways; Municipal Code Chapter 0722 - Fence - Height - Description; Municipal Code Chapter 0724 - Fences - Vacant Commercial/Industrial Property within BIA, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001832",
 "municipality": "Woodstock",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.cityofwoodstock.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipal Code Chapter 0462 - Fences - Trees - Shrubs on Highways",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1994-06-02",
   "document_url": "https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/cityofwoodstock-ca/media/1eaesgqb/chapter-0462-fences-trees-shrubs-on-highways.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits fences on public highways and limits hedge/shrub height to 0.76m (30in) and prohibits trees within 30ft of an intersection where they obstruct sightlines (corner sight triangle).",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "17f21976c9841861e5b95d57843927f2ef1be8d164a68251c3df6203ae9727cd",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/17f21976c9841861e5b95d57843927f2ef1be8d164a68251c3df6203ae9727cd.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "sight_triangle": "No shrub/hedge within 30 feet of intersection exceeding 30 inches above grade"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "sight_triangle": "462.2.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/woodstock/fences/text-17f21976c984/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipal Code Chapter 0722 - Fence - Height - Description",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2012-06-07",
   "document_url": "https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/cityofwoodstock-ca/media/qy3doc45/chapter-0722-fence-height-description.pdf",
   "summary": "Interior residential lots: a fence within 6 m (20 ft) of the street line in the front yard may not exceed 0.91 m (3 ft), and a fence in a rear or interior side yard may not exceed 2.13 m (7 ft). Corner lots add a 0.61 m (2 ft) cap inside the corner visibility triangle (9 m each way),",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "38eb62f3046e58a9131756b26018bef6edcff433d9cd5a8cb08b179e0c285fd3",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/38eb62f3046e58a9131756b26018bef6edcff433d9cd5a8cb08b179e0c285fd3.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.13 metres (7 feet)",
    "max_height_front": "0.91 metres (3 feet)",
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "Min 1.5 m (5 ft) height; self-closing, self-latching gate with locking mechanism; permit required.",
    "sight_triangle": "Corner visibility triangle: max 0.61 m (2 feet); driveway visibility triangle: max 0.91 m (3 feet)",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire and electric fences prohibited on residential properties"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 722.4.5(b): \"rear yard or interior side yard shall not exceed a height of 2.13 metres (7 feet)\"",
    "max_height_front": "s. 722.4.5(a): \"front yard located within 6 metres (20 feet) of a street line shall not exceed a height of 0.91 metres (3 feet)\"",
    "permit_required": "s. 722.5.3: \"without obtaining a swimming pool enclosure permit from the City of Woodstock\"",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 722.5.8: \"height of not less than 1.5 metres (5 feet)\"; s. 722.5.12: \"self-closing device, latch and locking mechanism\"",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 722.4.6(d): \"corner visibility triangle shall not exceed a height of 0.61 metres (2 feet)\"; s. 722.4.6(e): \"driveway visibility triangle shall not exceed a height of 0.91 metres (3 feet)\"",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 722.3.14: barbed wire prohibited on residential property; s. 722.3.15: electric fences prohibited"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/woodstock/fences/text-38eb62f3046e/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipal Code Chapter 0724 - Fences - Vacant Commercial/Industrial Property within BIA",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2002-12-05",
   "document_url": "https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/cityofwoodstock-ca/media/1oookhix/chapter-0724-fences-vacant-commercial-industrial-property-within-bia.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires every owner of vacant commercial- or industrial-zoned land inside the downtown Business Improvement Area to erect a screen fence along all property lines abutting public land, roads and lanes: at least 1.8 m (6 ft) high, opaque, weatherproof, graffiti-free, with self-closing and self-latching gates, and set on or behind the property line (with placement rules at corners and beside",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "30440af97dd475e3c9fda27179297bee78bea982cc3d7d79c13a00e00e9a9d52",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/30440af97dd475e3c9fda27179297bee78bea982cc3d7d79c13a00e00e9a9d52.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "sight_triangle": "screen fence shall be on or immediately abutting the hypotenuse of the triangular space formed by the intersection of street lines for a distance of 9 metres (30 feet) each way from the point of intersection"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "sight_triangle": "s. 724.3.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/woodstock/fences/text-30440af97dd4/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/woodstock/fences/"
}