{
 "answer": "In the Municipal District of County of Newell, Alberta, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by County of Newell Land Use Bylaw No. 2016-21 (office consolidation to No. 2137-26), verified 2026-09-27. Max height front: 1.0 m. Max height rear side: 1.8 m. Sight triangle: Residential: 3.0 m from property corner; Non-Residential: 6.0 m from property corner.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000237",
 "municipality": "County of Newell",
 "status_type": "Municipal District",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.countyofnewell.ab.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "County of Newell Land Use Bylaw No. 2016-21 (office consolidation to No. 2137-26)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://laserfiche.countyofnewell.ab.ca/WebLink/ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=2507227&dbid=0",
   "summary": "Table 4 sets max fence height at 1.0m front/1.8m side & rear yards in Residential/Agricultural districts, 2.4m in Business/Industrial/Special districts; barbed wire fences banned on Residential-district parcels smaller than 0.2ha.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "dae755f526dc6a098946fca4159a45c1f37276a99064601dab1d31595ec4e7f5",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2016-21",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/dae755f526dc6a098946fca4159a45c1f37276a99064601dab1d31595ec4e7f5.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "1.8 m",
    "max_height_front": "1.0 m",
    "permit_required": false,
    "sight_triangle": "Residential: 3.0 m from property corner; Non-Residential: 6.0 m from property corner",
    "prohibited_materials": "barbed wire fences"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s.3.38, Table 4",
    "max_height_front": "s.3.38, Table 4",
    "permit_required": "s.2.2, Table 2",
    "sight_triangle": "s.3.17",
    "prohibited_materials": "s.3.38(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/county-of-newell/fences/bylaw-2016-21/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/county-of-newell/fences/"
}