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By-law No. 16-184 Being a By-law to Regulate Enclosures for Privately-Owned Outdoor Pools

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This is the City of Hamilton’s document, as published on its website on 19 October 2026. The municipality may have changed it since: check the current version at the source. Legal notice

Overview

The City of Hamilton's Swimming Pool Enclosure By-law No. 16-184, repealing and replacing By-law 03-125, in two printings: the by-law as passed on June 22, 2016, and the office consolidation updated January 23, 2023, which incorporates amending By-law 22-059. It covers definitions, permits for pools and enclosures, enclosure height and openings, landscape ponds, gates, walls, above-ground pools, temporary enclosures and construction of chain link, wood, glass panel and other fences, then administration, fees, inspections, orders and penalties. Hamilton's pool grading review checklist sits beside it.

What it covers

Definitions
Application and Interpretation
General Obligations and Prohibitions
Permit Process
Enclosures
Landscape Ponds
Gates
Walls
Above-Ground Pools
Temporary Enclosures
Chain Link Fence
Vertical Wood Fence
Horizontal Wood Fence
Glass Panel Fence
Other Types of Fence Construction
Administration and Enforcement
Fees
Entry and Inspections
Orders including Delivery
City Carrying Out Work
Penalties
General Provisions

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