{
 "answer": "In the Town of Morinville, Alberta, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Town of Morinville Land Use Bylaw No. 2/2024, verified 2026-09-27. Max height front: 1.0 m (3.3 ft.). Max height rear side: 1.9 m (6.3 ft.). Prohibited materials: Barbed wire generally prohibited except BMP/UR; electrification and razor wire fences prohibited.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000349",
 "municipality": "Morinville",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://morinville.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Morinville Land Use Bylaw No. 2/2024",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-02-13",
   "document_url": "https://www.morinville.ca/media/w0jbn5yt/bylaw-no-2-2024-land-use-bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Caps most yard fences at 1.0 m in front yards (up to 1.5 m for non-dwelling uses, higher for side/rear privacy screening); no fence/hedge over 1.0 m within corner-lot or driveway sight triangles; pool/hot-tub enclosure fences must not use barbed wire or electrification.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "fa3b1b108876924e8514c2417872b65f7a27ef7216c6d23c7a530cc45ac35ddb",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2/2024",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/fa3b1b108876924e8514c2417872b65f7a27ef7216c6d23c7a530cc45ac35ddb.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "1.9 m (6.3 ft.)",
    "max_height_front": "1.0 m (3.3 ft.)",
    "permit_required": false,
    "sight_triangle": "On corner sites, no fence, wall, tree, bush, structure or thing more than 1.0 m (3.3 ft.) in height shall be installed, placed or maintained within the triangular area formed by the intersecting road right-of-way lines (or their projections) and a straight-line joining point on the road right-of-way lines 6.0 m (19.7 ft.) from their intersection.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire generally prohibited except BMP/UR; electrification and razor wire fences prohibited."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "\"higher than 1.9 m (6.3 ft.) above grade in side yards and rear yards\"",
    "max_height_front": "\"higher than 1.0 m (3.3 ft.) above grade in front yards\"",
    "permit_required": "\"unless the gate, fence, wall, etc. exceeds the regulations indicated in Section 3.4\"",
    "sight_triangle": "\"On corner sites, no fence, wall, tree, bush, structure or thing more than\"; \"6.0 m (19.7 ft.) from their intersection\"",
    "prohibited_materials": "\"No fences comprised of barbed wire shall be allowed\"; \"No electrification of fences or razor wire fences shall be allowed\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/morinville/fences/bylaw-2-2024/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/morinville/fences/"
}