How tall can my fence be? Do I need a fence around my pool?
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.
| sight triangle | No shrub/hedge within 30 feet of intersection exceeding 30 inches above grade | 462.2.1 |
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).
| max height rear side | 2.13 metres (7 feet) | 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 | 0.91 metres (3 feet) | 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 | True | s. 722.5.3: "without obtaining a swimming pool enclosure permit from the City of Woodstock" |
| pool enclosure | Min 1.5 m (5 ft) height; self-closing, self-latching gate with locking mechanism; permit required. | 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 | Corner visibility triangle: max 0.61 m (2 feet); driveway visibility triangle: max 0.91 m (3 feet) | 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 | Barbed wire and electric fences prohibited on residential properties | s. 722.3.14: barbed wire prohibited on residential property; s. 722.3.15: electric fences prohibited |
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),
| 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 | s. 724.3.3 |
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