{
 "answer": "In the Rural community of Strait Shores, New Brunswick, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Village of Port Elgin Zoning By-law No. 01-43 (predecessor entity, carried by Strait Shores), verified 2026-09-27. A permit is required. Max height front: 1.5 m (5 ft). Max height rear side: 2.4 m (8 ft).",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003109",
 "municipality": "Strait Shores",
 "status_type": "Rural community",
 "jurisdiction": "New Brunswick",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.strait-shores.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Village of Port Elgin Zoning By-law No. 01-43 (predecessor entity, carried by Strait Shores)",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2002-03-11",
   "document_url": "https://plan360.ca/media-planning/library/PE-BL01-43-Zoning.pdf",
   "summary": "Fences in a required front yard capped at 1.5m (taller chain-link security fencing exempted); corner-lot sight lines ban fences/hedges/trees 1m-2.4m high within the sight triangle; outdoor pools need a fence/wall enclosure at least 1.5m high with a self-latching gate.",
   "discovered_by": "nb-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "b081b71bf63b460d0209d7ab5ea880e4eb1e5bb0451cd49aec2f0490a5207f65",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:03:51+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "01-43",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/b081b71bf63b460d0209d7ab5ea880e4eb1e5bb0451cd49aec2f0490a5207f65.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2.4 m (8 ft)",
    "max_height_front": "1.5 m (5 ft)",
    "permit_required": true,
    "pool_enclosure": "Pool must be enclosed by fence/wall at least 1.5 m (5 ft) high; gates self-closing and self-latching at least 1.2 m (4 ft) above bottom.",
    "sight_triangle": "no fence, sign, hedge, shrub, bush or tree or any other structure or vegetation shall be constructed, or permitted between 1 m (3 ft) and 2.4 m (8 ft) above the grade of the abutting streets within the triangular area measured along the abutting street line of each street a distance of twenty-one feet from their point of intersection known as the corner lot sight lines",
    "prohibited_materials": "electrified, barbed wire or other dangerous material"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 3.20(b)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 3.20(a)",
    "permit_required": "s. 2.2(a); s. 1.1 (STRUCTURE); s. 3.20(c)",
    "pool_enclosure": "s. 3.23(a), (f)(iii)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 3.14",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 3.23(d)(ii)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nb/strait-shores/fences/bylaw-01-43/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nb/strait-shores/fences/"
}