{
 "answer": "In the Town of Smoky Lake, Alberta, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Town of Smoky Lake Land Use Bylaw No. 007-18 (consolidated to May 5, 2024), verified 2026-09-27. A permit is required. Max height front: 1 m (3 ft.). Max height rear side: 1.8 m (6.0 ft.).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000422",
 "municipality": "Smoky Lake",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.smokylake.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Smoky Lake Land Use Bylaw No. 007-18 (consolidated to May 5, 2024)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2018-10-16",
   "document_url": "http://www.smokylake.ca/vertical/sites/%7BA64D6F7B-B2DF-4ED2-9C8F-7CE24BFDB7DE%7D/uploads/1._Town_of_Smoky_Lake_Land_Use_Bylaw_2024-05-13.pdf",
   "summary": "Fence height capped at 1.8 m (6 ft) in side/rear yards and 1 m (3 ft) in front yards; nothing over 1 m allowed within a 6 m corner-lot sight triangle; no barbed wire or electrified fences in Residential Districts. Private pools/hot tubs must be enclosed by a 1.8 m self-latching fence (Sec. 7.5, 7.12, 8.40).",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "c1487ce53353bad0f22368ab4ab339fd797a07e0f20dc61fef6a71b38c5415bf",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "007-18",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c1487ce53353bad0f22368ab4ab339fd797a07e0f20dc61fef6a71b38c5415bf.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "1.8 m (6.0 ft.)",
    "max_height_front": "1 m (3 ft.)",
    "permit_required": true,
    "sight_triangle": "No person shall place or maintain any object, structure, fence, hedge, shrub, or tree greater than 1 m (3.3 ft.) in height in or on that part of a corner site located within any district, which lies within a triangle formed by a straight line drawn between two points on the closest curbs of the intersecting roads 6 m (19.7 ft.) from the point where the curbs would meet if extended or 3.0 m (9.8 ft.) from that point in the case of an intersecting lane and road or a lane and a lane.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Electrification prohibited; barbed wire prohibited except in M/UR districts at Development Authority discretion."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "\"higher than 1.8 m (6.0 ft.) above grade in side yards and rear yards\"",
    "max_height_front": "\"higher than 1 m (3 ft.) above grade in front yards\"",
    "permit_required": "s. 3.1; s. 3.2.1(d)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 7.5.1",
    "prohibited_materials": "\"No electrification of fences shall be allowed\"; \"No fences comprised of barbed wire shall be allowed\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/smoky-lake/fences/bylaw-007-18/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/smoky-lake/fences/"
}