| max height rear side | 2 metres | s. 4(a)(ii) "Maximum fence height in any yard other than a front yard - 2 metres" |
| max height front | 1.2 metres | s. 4(a)(i) "Maximum fence height in front yard - 1.2 metres" |
| pool enclosure | Pool enclosures exempt from this By-law except s. 4(c) and s. 5; regulated by Pool Enclosures By-law 09-14. | s. 4(d) "provisions of this By-law do not apply to pool enclosures with the exception of Section 4 c) & 5)" |
| sight triangle | No person shall erect or plant a fence or privacy screen in a sight triangle (4.5 m along frontage/flankage) or driveway sight triangle (2 m along frontage/lot boundary). | s. 5 "No person shall erect or plant a fence or privacy screen or like items that would obstruct street visibility in a sight triangle or driveway sight triangle" |
| prohibited materials | Hazardous materials (any lot); barbed wire on any lot where residential use is the main use. | s. 6(a) "No person shall erect on any lot a fence which contains, or is constructed of any hazardous material"; s. 6(b) "No person shall erect a barbed wire fence on any lot where a residential use is the main use" |
scout note
Regulates fences across the Town of Erin and exempts the urban areas of Erin and Hillsburgh and the hamlets designated in the Official Plan from the Line Fences Act, except where a property boundary abuts an agricultural use. In residential zones and on Agricultural-zone lots of less than 1 hectare, the maximum fence height is 1.2 metres in a front