{
 "answer": "In the Town of Hampton, New Brunswick, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Hampton Zoning By-Law, By-law No. HAM-2023-16, verified 2026-09-27. A permit is required. Max height front: 1.5 metres in residential zones; 2.5 metres in non-residential zones. Max height rear side: 2.5 metres.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003076",
 "municipality": "Hampton",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "New Brunswick",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofhampton.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Hampton Zoning By-Law, By-law No. HAM-2023-16",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://hampton.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/BY-LAW-NO.-HAM-2023-16-Hampton-Zoning-By-law-2.pdf",
   "summary": "Zoning By-law (no adoption date printed in the copy; several 2025-26 amendments exist on the site index but were not opened) limits fences to 1.5m in residential front/flankage yards and 2.5m in side/rear yards; bans barbed wire; corner lots may not have a fence/hedge/tree in the sight triangle; outdoor pool enclosures must be at least 1.5m high with a self-closing",
   "discovered_by": "nb-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "e3fc82b3da644008fda543485d263164cfa85074551ded79da8c58875680e7d8",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:03:51+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "HAM-2023-16",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e3fc82b3da644008fda543485d263164cfa85074551ded79da8c58875680e7d8.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.5 metres",
    "max_height_front": "1.5 metres in residential zones; 2.5 metres in non-residential zones",
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "Outdoor pool must be completely enclosed by fence/structure min 1.5 m high; gates self-closing or self-latching and min 1.5 m high.",
    "sight_triangle": "No fence, sign, hedge, bush or tree or any other structure, vehicle or vegetation shall be placed or permitted to grow higher than 0.6 m above the grade of the center line of the streets that abut the lot within the triangular area included within the street lines for a distance of 6 m from their point of intersection.",
    "prohibited_materials": "Barbed wire or other pointed object, except for a fence used in conjunction with an industrial use."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 4.3.2(c)-(d)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 4.3.2(a), (d)",
    "permit_required": "s. 1.3(a); s. 4.3.2(f)",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 4.3.5.2(b)-(c)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 4.2.3",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 4.3.2(h)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nb/hampton/fences/bylaw-ham-2023-16/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nb/hampton/fences/"
}