Ajax By-law 42-2025, s. 29(u) — Fence By-law

“Part V heritage property “ means property, including all buildings and structures thereon, located within a heritage conservation district, which has been designated by the Town of Ajax under section 41 of the Ontario Heritage Act;

• (v) "person" means a natural individual, and their heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives, a corporation, partnership or other form of business association or a receiver or mortgagee in possession;
• (w) “Planning Act” means the Ontario Planning Act, R.S.O.1990. c.P13, as amended;
• (x) "privately-owned outdoor swimming pool" includes, but is not limited to permanent pools, temporary pools, hot tubs, whirlpools, jaccuzzis, spas, and any other similar device, or any body of water in or above the ground located outdoors on privately-owned property, contained in part or in whole by artificial means, in which the depth of the water at any point can exceed 50 cm, and is used or is capable of being used for swimming, wading or bathing;
• (y) “privacy screen” shall mean a visual barrier used to shield any part of a yard from view from any adjacent parcel of land or any highway;
• (z) "rear lot line" means the farthest lot line opposite the front lot line, or in the case of a triangular lot, shall be that point formed by the intersection of the side lot lines;
• (aa) “side lot line” means a lot line other than a front or rear lot line;
• (bb) "street line" shall mean the dividing line between a lot and a street;
• (cc) "swimming pool enclosure" means a fence, wall or other structure including doors and gates, surrounding a privately-owned outdoor swimming pool;
• (dd) “swimming pool enclosure permit” means a permit issued under this By- law;
• (ee) "Town" means The Corporation of the Town of Ajax;
• (ff) “T.R.C.A.” means The Toronto and Region Conservation Authority;
• (gg) "yard" means an open, uncovered space on a lot appurtenant to a building, and;
• (i) "front yard" means a yard extending across the full width of a lot between the front lot line and front walls of the nearest building or structure on the lot. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a front yard may also mean any yard that is identified, deemed, interpreted, or required to be treated as a front yard pursuant to the Town of Ajax Zoning By-law, being Zoning By-law 95-2003, as amended or replaced from time to time, including through a site-specific zoning exception;
• (ii) “exterior side yard” means a side yard immediately adjacent to a public street or lane;
• (iii) "interior side yard" means a side yard other than an exterior side yard;
• (iv) "rear yard" means a yard extending across the full width of a lot between the rear lot line and the nearest wall or walls of any main building on the lot for which the yard is required;
• (hh) "side yard" shall mean a yard extending from the front yard to the rear yard between the side lot line and the nearest wall of any building or structure on the lot for which the yard is required;