{
 "answer": "In the City of Bathurst, New Brunswick, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by The City of Bathurst Zoning By-law (No. 2008-01), verified 2026-09-27. Max height front: 900 mm. Max height rear side: 1800 mm. Prohibited materials: barbed wire or other pointed objects (except rural livestock fences; industrial fence parts over 1800 mm).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003047",
 "municipality": "Bathurst",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "New Brunswick",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.bathurst.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "The City of Bathurst Zoning By-law (No. 2008-01)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2008-05-05",
   "document_url": "https://www.bathurst.ca/en/secure_document/7/bylaw/file",
   "summary": "Caps fences at 900mm within 4,876mm of a street line, 1,800mm beyond that (2.4m allowed for security in Highway Commercial/Industrial zones), bans barbed wire except to restrain livestock in Rural zones, and limits sight-triangle obstructions on corner lots to 900mm within 7.5m of the intersection.",
   "discovered_by": "nb-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "775bf8f51bb200e1e0de62ded35cc5b5ea75dfbff441de0469eb810984aa640a",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:03:51+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2008-01",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/775bf8f51bb200e1e0de62ded35cc5b5ea75dfbff441de0469eb810984aa640a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "1800 mm",
    "max_height_front": "900 mm",
    "sight_triangle": "On a corner lot, except in a CBD zone, no fence, sign, hedge, shrubbery or tree or any other structure or vegetation shall be erected, placed or permitted to grow to a height more than 900 millimetres above average grade of the street at the intersection of such street within the triangular area included within the street lines for a distance of 7.5 meters from their point of intersection",
    "prohibited_materials": "barbed wire or other pointed objects (except rural livestock fences; industrial fence parts over 1800 mm)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 3.18.2(1)(b)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 3.18.2(1)(a)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 3.19.1",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 3.18.2(3)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nb/bathurst/fences/bylaw-2008-01/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nb/bathurst/fences/"
}