St. John's fence limits in the current zoning bylaw
The City of St. John’s current Building Permits page explicitly lists building a deck, fence or pool as work requiring a permit. It directs applicants to submit site documentation, and identifies the City Building By-Law and zone setbacks as governing controls. The City also has an additional Fence Checklist for added/replaced/relocated fencing. The public page does not supply an unconditional residential fence height across zoning categories.
Before installing or relocating a fence, obtain the City building permit and complete its fence checklist; verify lot line, setbacks, corner safety, heritage and pool conditions. No single height is asserted without the current zone-specific controlling source.
Open the municipal zoning source ↗A neighbouring Avalon Peninsula fence can look identical and still follow a different bylaw. Keep the final check with St. John’s.
A fence check in four parts
Front, side or rear?
The ordinary limit can vary across the same property, especially between street-facing and non-street-facing yards.
Corner or driveway?
Near a driveway or intersection, the municipality may care more about clear sightlines than the usual fence limit.
Pool or hot tub?
Do not reuse an ordinary yard-fence answer for a pool. Enclosure standards frequently add safety requirements.
Retaining wall?
Changes in grade can make an apparently ordinary fence an over-height condition depending on the municipal measurement method.
A practical St. John’s property check
If existing fences nearby are taller, treat them as observations rather than permission. Check the current rule for this lot and proposed location.
A survey can prevent a zoning-compliant fence from becoming a boundary dispute. Treat those as two separate checks.