{
 "answer": "In the District municipality of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Municipality of the District of Yarmouth Land Use By-Law, verified 2026-09-27. A permit is required.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003169",
 "municipality": "Yarmouth",
 "status_type": "District municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://munyarmouth.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipality of the District of Yarmouth Land Use By-Law",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-01-22",
   "document_url": "https://munyarmouth.ca/government/by-laws/808-mody-lub-06-26-2025/file",
   "summary": "Fences up to 1.9m need no permit, except a fence enclosing a swimming pool which always needs one; fences over 1.9m are treated as structures needing a setback of at least half their height; corner-lot fences/hedges/trees are capped for sightlines.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "c008c9e6e760ca15f95d58c5de158196243ae4245e537e16ebeb0e55a697cc85",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c008c9e6e760ca15f95d58c5de158196243ae4245e537e16ebeb0e55a697cc85.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "permit_required": true,
    "sight_triangle": "No fence, sign, hedge, shrub, bush, tree or other structure/vegetation >0.6 m above grade within triangular area 6.0 m from street line intersection on a corner lot."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "permit_required": "s. 5.1.1; s. 5.2.1(b)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 6.7.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/yarmouth-district-municipality/fences/municipality-of-the-district-of-yarmouth-land-use-by-law/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/yarmouth-district-municipality/fences/"
}