Ajax : Règlement no 42-2025, art. 2.1(a) — Fence By-law

“Council" means the Council for The Corporation of the Town of Ajax;

• (b) “corner lot” means a lot situated at the intersection of and abutting upon at least two streets, or provided that the interior angle of the street lines abutting the street is not more than one hundred and thirty-five (135) degrees or a lot having more than one yard fronting on a street. If the street lines abutting the street do not form a vertex the interior angle will be measured at the intersection of the projected tangents of the street lines.
• (c) “daylighting triangle” means an area of private land on a corner lot, which area is to be determined by measuring from the point of intersection of the street lines, 4.5 metres in a residential zone and 7.5 metres in all other zones along each such street line and joining such points with a straight line. The triangular shaped land between the intersecting street lines and the straight line joining the points at the required distance along the street lines is the “daylighting triangle”;
• (d) “division fence” means a fence marking the boundary between adjoining parcels of land;
• (e) "electrical fence" means a fence through which electricity passes;
• (f) “enclosed” means when the property is enclosed in a way that can be relied on to prevent entry of the general public;
• (g) "erect" includes alter, construct, place, locate, install or relocate;
• (h) “expense” means the cost of carrying out the work to be done and an administrative fee as outlined in the Town of Ajax Fees and Charges By- law;
• (i) "fence" includes but is not limited to a railing, wall, hedge, line of posts, shrubs, wire, gate, boards or other similar items, used to enclose or divide in whole or in part a yard or other land or to establish a property boundary, but does not include a privacy screen;
• (j) “front lot line” means the lot line that divides the lot from the street, provided that, in the case of a corner lot, the shorter lot line that abuts a street shall be deemed to be the front lot line. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a front lot line may also mean any lot line that is identified, deemed, interpreted or required to be treated as a front lot line 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.
• (k) “heritage permit” means an authorization or permit issued by the Municipality as per Section 33(1) or 42(1) of the Ontario Heritage Act that provides permission to alter or demolish a designated heritage property;
• (l) "highway" means the entire right-of-way of a common and public highway, road allowance, street, avenue, parkway, driveway, square, place, viaduct, bridge or trestle, designated and intended for, or used by, the general public for the passage of pedestrians and vehicles under the jurisdiction of the Town or Regional Municipality of Durham;
• (m) "grade" means the surface of the ground below a fence at each location where a structural support is imbedded in the ground;
• (n) “invisible safety net” shall mean a black or dark green net made of knotted monofilament nylon mesh or other similar materials, with a 90% or greater porosity, with a spacing between the mesh not to exceed 20mm and a minimum thickness of 1.7mm, primarily used to absorb the impact of a golf ball. The netting shall be constructed in a way to have minimal intrusive visual impact;
• (o) “lot" shall mean a parcel of land which is only capable of being legally conveyed as a single lot pursuant to section 50 of the Planning Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.P.13;
• (p) “Officer” means a Municipal Law Enforcement Officer appointed by the Town of Ajax or any Police Officer in the Province of Ontario;
• (q) “Ontario Heritage Act” means the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O 1990, Chapter O.18;
• (r) “ornamental pond” includes, but is not limited to, 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 as a decorative feature in a yard, and kept for its’ esthetic value rather than a useful purpose;
• (s) "owner" means the person or persons registered as the owner of a subject property in the most recent municipal tax records and/or in accordance with the records of the land registry office;
• (t) “Part IV heritage property” means property, including all buildings and structures thereon, which has been designated by the Town of Ajax under