{
 "answer": "In the City of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, fences & pool enclosures rules are set by City of Yellowknife Zoning By-law No. 5045, verified 2026-09-29. A permit is required. Max height front: 0.9 m. Max height rear side: 2 m.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003535",
 "municipality": "Yellowknife",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Northwest Territories",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fences",
 "label": "Fences & pool enclosures",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-29",
 "official_website": "https://www.yellowknife.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "City of Yellowknife Zoning By-law No. 5045",
   "category": "fences",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-03-14",
   "document_url": "https://www.yellowknife.ca/sites/default/files/2026-06/CONSOLIDATED%20ZONING%20BY-LAW%20NO.%205045.pdf",
   "summary": "Zoning by-law caps residential fences at 2 m behind the principal building's front line and 0.9 m within the front yard; corner-lot sight-visibility triangles limit fences/landscaping to 0.75 m within 7.5 m of the corner.",
   "discovered_by": "terr-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-29",
   "capture_sha256": "06f5bb515f78fd72e8a67c9258b4720f302b0c4e9962c38de45bbdffb2835686",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-29T14:50:17+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "5045",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/06f5bb515f78fd72e8a67c9258b4720f302b0c4e9962c38de45bbdffb2835686.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "2 m",
    "max_height_front": "0.9 m",
    "permit_required": true,
    "sight_triangle": "Vision at an intersection between 0.75 m and 3 m above the Grade of a Street or lane shall not be obstructed with Fences or Landscaping within the area described as the sight visibility triangle. The sight visibility triangle is a triangular area formed on a Corner Lot by the two Lot Lines and a straight line which intersects them at 7.5 m from the corner where they meet as illustrated in the diagram."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "max_height_rear_side": "s. 7.6.1(a)(i); s. 7.6.2(a)",
    "max_height_front": "s. 7.6.1(a)(ii)",
    "permit_required": "s. 4.1.4; s. 4.2(b)",
    "sight_triangle": "s. 7.7.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nt/yellowknife/fences/bylaw-5045/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nt/yellowknife/fences/"
}