{
 "answer": "In the Town of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by Town of Yarmouth Land Use By-law, verified 2026-09-27. Max height front: 3m (9.8 ft.). Max height rear side: 3m (9.8 ft.). Prohibited materials: barbed wire.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003170",
 "municipality": "Yarmouth",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.townofyarmouth.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Yarmouth Land Use By-law",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2016-06-09",
   "document_url": "https://www.townofyarmouth.ca/town-hall/bylaws/1756-lub-1/file",
   "summary": "Sec. 5.17 caps fence height at 3m (9.8ft); street-abutting fences may not use barbed wire and gates must swing inward. Sec. 7.4 bars fences/hedges/trees over 1.2m (4ft) within the corner-lot sight triangle at street intersections.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "e9cfbd3fde2ada1f4e63181a9ec7603f29d5d656b75866db83cbbef40443ebba",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e9cfbd3fde2ada1f4e63181a9ec7603f29d5d656b75866db83cbbef40443ebba.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "3m (9.8 ft.)",
    "max_height_front": "3m (9.8 ft.)",
    "permit_required": false,
    "sight_triangle": "On a corner lot in a Residential Zone, a fence, sign, hedge, shrub, bush, tree, or any structure or vegetation shall not be erected or permitted to grow to a height greater than 1.2m (4 ft) above the grade of streets which abut the lot within the triangular area included within both road lines for a distance of 3.05m (10 ft) from their point of intersection.",
    "prohibited_materials": "barbed wire"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 5.17(1)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 5.17(1)",
    "permit_required": "s. 5.17(2)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 7.4",
    "prohibited_materials": "s. 5.17(1)(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/yarmouth-town/fences/town-of-yarmouth-land-use-by-law/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/yarmouth-town/fences/"
}