Pickering By-law 6943/09, s. 1(a) — Fences and Swimming Pool Enclosure By-law

“City” means the geographical area of the City of Pickering or the Corporation of the City of Pickering, as the context requires;

• (b) “Council” means the Council of the Corporation of the City of Pickering;
• (c) “erect” includes alter, construct, place, locate, install, relocate and maintain, and cause or permit to be altered, constructed, placed, located, installed, relocated or maintained;
• (d) "fence" means any structure constructed of posts, boards, rails, wire, masonry or other similar materials or any combination thereof used to define a property boundary or to enclose any outdoor area, but does not include hedges, shrubs, trees or privacy screens;
• (e) “front wall” means the main façade of a building or structure;
• (f) “height", as it relates to a fence or privacy screen, means the vertical distance from the ground to the highest point of the fence or privacy screen, except in the case of a fence located on top of a retaining wall, where “height” means the vertical distance between the top of the retaining wall and the highest point of the fence;
• (g) “main building” means the structure used for the principal purpose of the property, and includes an attached garage;
• (h) “owner” means the person or persons identified in the most recent tax rolls as the

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• (i) “person” includes a corporation and the heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives of a person to whom the context can apply according to law;
• (j) “privacy screen” means a visual barrier used to shield any part of a yard from view from any adjacent property or from a highway;
• (k) “privacy screen” means a visual barrier used to shield any part of a yard from view from any adjacent property or from a highway;
• (l) “swimming pool” means any body of water in or above the ground contained by artificial means, in which the depth of the water at any point can exceed 0.6 m, and is used or is capable of being used for swimming, wading or bathing, but does not include hot tubs or spas, provided they are covered when not in use;
• (m) “swimming pool enclosure” means a fence, wall or other structure, including doors and gates, surrounding a swimming pool that will prevent entry of the general public; and
• (n) “TRCA” means the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.