{
 "answer": "In the Town of Penhold, Alberta, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Town of Penhold Land Use Bylaw 837/2025, verified 2026-09-27. Max height front: 1.2 m (4ft.). Max height rear side: 1.8 m (6ft.). Pool enclosure: Pool fence at least 1.82m (6ft.) high, designed to prohibit child access; gates self-latching with lock inside.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000389",
 "municipality": "Penhold",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofpenhold.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Penhold Land Use Bylaw 837/2025",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://www.townofpenhold.ca/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=bf57a974-ff55-417b-b281-7363198f728e",
   "summary": "Residential fence height max 1.8m in rear/side yards, 1.2m in front yard (higher allowed at the Development Authority's discretion); barbed wire banned except limited commercial/industrial/agricultural security use; electric fences banned outright; no fence/tree/hedge may obstruct the corner sight triangle.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "78a7bc7c5a6172c66c47d422306cdf4f03e7d490474c98c54602592a4550867a",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "837/2025",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/78a7bc7c5a6172c66c47d422306cdf4f03e7d490474c98c54602592a4550867a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "1.8 m (6ft.)",
    "max_height_front": "1.2 m (4ft.)",
    "pool_enclosure": "Pool fence at least 1.82m (6ft.) high, designed to prohibit child access; gates self-latching with lock inside.",
    "sight_triangle": "At intersection of two roadways, all buildings, fences, vegetation and finished ground elevations shall be less than 1.0m (3.28ft.) high."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 2.6(4)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 2.6(4)",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 4.12(5)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 1.7 (Sight Triangle)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/penhold/fences/bylaw-837-2025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/penhold/fences/"
}