Newmarket By-law 2019-20, s. 4.1(a) — Fences By-law

No Person in a residential zone shall erect or construct a Fence or Division Fence in the Town in excess of the following Height requirements; Rear Yard:

No Fence erected in a Rear Yard shall exceed 2.1 metres (7 feet) in Height provided that in the case of a Corner Lot, where a Rear Yard abuts a Front Yard or Interior Side Yard of an adjacent lot,

no Person shall construct a Fence, Division Fence or Privacy Screen that exceeds 1.8 metres (6 feet) in Height.

• (b) Interior Side Yard : No Fence erected in an Interior Side Yard shall exceed 1.8 metres (6 feet) in Height.
• (c) Front Yard: No Fence erected in a Front Yard shall exceed 1 metre (3 feet) in Height.
• (d) Exterior Side Yard : No Fence erected in an Exterior Side Yard shall exceed 1.8 metres (6 feet) in Height.
• (e) Notwithstanding clauses 4.1(a) to (d), a Fence abutting an arterial road designated in the Town’s Official Plan may have

a Fence that does not exceed 2.4 metres (8 feet) in Height along a rear Lot Line abutting said arterial road.

(f)

Where the Rear or Side Yard of any lot abuts the Side or Rear Yard of any of any other lot, any Fence to be erected shall not exceed the requirement of any Fence that may be erected on any such abutting lot, that is to say the more restrictive provisions of this by-law shall apply except in those situations set out in clauses 4(a) and 4(d) above.

• (g) Notwithstanding section 4 of this by-law and the definitions of Yards, where the principal entrance of a Residential Property is located in an Exterior Side Yard :
• i. The Exterior Side Yard shall be deemed to be the Front Yard.
• ii. The Front Yard shall be deemed to be the Exterior Side Yard.