{
 "answer": "In the Town of Legal, Alberta, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Town of Legal Land Use Bylaw #05-2013, verified 2026-09-27. Max height front: 1.0 m (3.3 ft.). Max height rear side: 2.0 m (6.56 ft.). Prohibited materials: Razor wire and barbed wire in Residential Districts.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000328",
 "municipality": "Legal",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.legal.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Legal Land Use Bylaw #05-2013",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.legal.ca/public/download/documents/54190",
   "summary": "Sec. 8.21: fences/hedges in Residential Districts capped at 2.0m in side/rear yards and 1.0m in front yards (and near road/lane intersections). Sec. 8.44: private swimming pools/hot tubs need a permit and must be fenced to 1.8m with self-latching, locked gates; no barbed wire/electrified pool fencing.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "d933a2d41b03d513f951a4009bfc8067ae1efc44b13156f1e0bf18487ae7a7a3",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "05-2013",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d933a2d41b03d513f951a4009bfc8067ae1efc44b13156f1e0bf18487ae7a7a3.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.0 m (6.56 ft.)",
    "max_height_front": "1.0 m (3.3 ft.)",
    "sight_triangle": "On corner lots in any district, no fence, wall, tree, bush structure or thing more than 1.0 m (3.3 ft.) in height shall be erected, placed or maintained within the triangular area formed by the intersecting boundary lines of the lot adjacent to the highway or road and a straight line joining points on those boundary lines 8.0 m (26.2 ft.) from their intersection.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Razor wire and barbed wire in Residential Districts."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 8.21(2)(a)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 8.21(2)(b)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 8.14(1)",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 8.21(9)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/legal/fences/bylaw-05-2013/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/legal/fences/"
}