{
 "answer": "In the Village of Big Valley, Alberta, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Village of Big Valley Land Use Bylaw No. 765, verified 2026-09-27. Max height front: 1.0 m (3.28 ft). Max height rear side: 2.0 m (6.56 ft). Prohibited materials: Barbed wire not permitted in residential Districts; electrified fences not permitted unless contained within non-electrified perimeter fence.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000188",
 "municipality": "Big Valley",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.villageofbigvalley.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Village of Big Valley Land Use Bylaw No. 765",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://www.villageofbigvalley.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Land-Use-Bylaw-765-3.pdf",
   "summary": "Land Use Bylaw 765 caps fence height at 2.0m (6.56ft), dropping to 1.0m (3.28ft) beyond the required front yard; bars barbed/electrified fences in residential districts unless approved; restricts fences/hedges over ~1m at lane and street intersections.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "5607bbf976c277ff58d9253caa636e09df2a7b567efa289ad04408df734385dc",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "765",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5607bbf976c277ff58d9253caa636e09df2a7b567efa289ad04408df734385dc.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.0 m (6.56 ft)",
    "max_height_front": "1.0 m (3.28 ft)",
    "sight_triangle": "At the junction of two streets, no fence, wall, hedge, or other planting shall exceed 1 m (3.3 ft.) in height within a triangular area formed by the intersection of the boundaries of the said roadways, or their production (in the case where a corner cut-off has been previously registered), and points 4.57 m (15.0 ft.) back from their intersection.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire not permitted in residential Districts; electrified fences not permitted unless contained within non-electrified perimeter fence."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 3.22(1)(a)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 3.22(1)(b)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 3.19(2)",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 3.22(3)-(4)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/big-valley/fences/bylaw-765/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/big-valley/fences/"
}