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City of Hamilton By-law 10-142, Fence By-law
Published by City of Hamilton
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
- Type
- By-law
- Published by
- City of Hamilton
- Date
- 9th day of June, 2010
- Also called
- By-law No. 10-142 - Office Consolidation
- For
- homeowner
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 10
- Instruments
- Municipal Act, 2001
Overview
City of Hamilton By-law 10-142, the Fence By-law, in an office consolidation with amending By-laws 10-315 and 11-230. Passed in June 2010, it repealed the fence by-laws of the former Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough and Stoney Creek. It defines fences, corner and driveway visibility triangles and height, then sets fence heights by zone, on decks and near front lot lines, a Ward 12 deer-fence extension, and rules on sheet metal, barbed wire and electric fences. It records that zoning by-laws and the Swimming Pool Enclosure By-law prevail where they conflict.
What it covers
- Short Title
- Definitions
- Prohibitions
- Existing Fences
- Different Treatments
- Administration and Enforcement
- Transition, Repeal, Coming into Force, Etc.
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