Understanding Canadian Fence Building Regulations (Part 1)

1
Understanding Canadian Fence Building Regulations
(Part 1)

• Natural Art Fence Vancouver

2
(No Transcript)
3
When building a fence, some of the common legal
questions that arise are who owns the fence?
Where can you build the fence? Who pays for the
fence and maintenance?
Good Fences Make Good Neighbours written by
Brian Madigan is a useful article to read, if you
are interested in understanding Canadian rules
and regulations of building fences.
4
To answer the previous questions, The Line Fences
Act provides something of a solution. The Act
provides a solution to resolve disputes, as
follows

1) One party will be given authority to construct
the fence,

2) The fence will be located along the boundary
of the two properties,

5
3) The fence will be jointly owned,

4) Each owner will have to pay a certain
percentage of the cost (not necessarily 50), and

5) Both owners will have to share in the
maintenance.

6
Madigan brings up an interesting point, what
happens if your neighbour wants a 3ft fence and
you want a 6ft fence? What happens? Well, the Act
are likely to conclude that if you want a 6ft
fence, then your neighbour only need to
contribute half the cost of the cheaper fence at
3ft. Therefore, you will need to pay majority of
your 6ft fence.
7
However, another solution is to pay the entire
cost of the fence and build it on your property
(not on the property line), maintain it, and
preserve your rights to the fence. Keep in mind
that, although fences mark boundaries, they do
not mark property boundaries between neighbours.
If your fence is built on your neighbours
property, by law, it can be taken down with proof
of property line.

8
Natural Art Concrete Fence Ltd.

Address 7923 Webster Road, Delta, BC, V4G 1E4,

Phone [phone]

Fax [phone]

Email id naturalart_at_naturalartfence.com

Website Fence Vancouver


9
(No Transcript)