This is the City of Markham’s document, as published on its website on 18 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 Markham
- Date
- May 29, 2012
- Also called
- 277-97
- For
- homeowner
- Signed by
- Town Clerk · Mayor
- Building types
- All building types
- Pages
- 18
- Instruments
- Municipal Act · Provincial Offences Act · Ontario Heritage Act
Overview
Markham's Fence By-law 277-97, a by-law for prescribing the height and description of lawful fences and for determining how the cost of division fences is apportioned, passed October 28, 1997 and consolidated to May 29, 2012, and linked from Markham's by-laws, fences and pools, and zoning pages. Part 1 sets fence heights by yard on corner and interior residential lots and on non-residential properties, restrictions such as barbed wire and sight lines, maintenance and exemptions; Part 2 covers division fences and their costs; Part 3, enforcement and penalties.
What it covers
- Title and Scope
- Definitions
- All Fences
- Fences in Residential Zones
- Requirements for Fences on Corner Lots
- Requirements for Fences on Interior Lots
- Exemptions from Height Restriction
- Fences in Non Residential Properties
- Restrictions on Fences
- Construction and Maintenance
- Exemptions and Exceptions
- Division Fences
- Application
- Determination of Costs
- Heritage Areas
- Enforcement of Costs
- Penalty and Repeals
- Administration and Enforcement
- Powers of Entry
- Orders and Remedial Action
- Penalty Provisions
- Severability
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