Retrieve the relevant bylaw
The assistant searches municipal source material for the provisions relevant to your question.
New · Coming soon
Ask a bylaw question. Get a sourced answer.
“How high can a fence be?” The Bylaw Assistant retrieves relevant municipal bylaws and uses them to answer specific questions, with references you can open and check. Bring that experience to your website or contractor workflow.
One assistant. Two ways to get guidance.
Designed for the place people already go for help—and the projects they need to keep moving.
For your website
Your website. A more helpful conversation.
An embeddable chat widget for an existing municipal or business website. Visitors can ask specific bylaw questions and receive answers grounded in municipal source material, without leaving your site.
- Answer questions about fence heights, setbacks, and other municipal requirements.
- Show the bylaw references behind each response.
- Offer guidance in English and French.
Bylaw AssistantOttawa · Municipal sources
Hi! What are you planning?
Let’s explore Ottawa’s fence rules. Choose a question below and I’ll walk you through the answer and the sources behind it.
Scripted demo: simulated search and prewritten answers. Independent of the City of Ottawa.
Illustrative website integration · Coming soon
For contractors
Less searching. More time on the project.
A dedicated workspace for contractors to ask practical bylaw questions and get source-based answers quickly. Check requirements before quoting or planning work, ask follow-up questions, and keep conversations with the project.
- Get an earlier read on permit and bylaw requirements.
- Keep questions and conversations organized by project.
- Bring focused questions to the municipal team when you need confirmation.
Contractor workspace
Saved conversations
Residential fence · Ottawa
How high can a fence be in a rear yard?
Ottawa’s general residential rear-yard limit is 2.13 m under section 5. Section 4 limits fences in visibility triangles to 0.75 m. Check the bylaw’s special rules and exemptions for your site.
Next step
Check whether a visibility triangle or special rule affects the proposed fence.
Illustrative project workspace · Coming soon
Real answers, grounded in municipal bylaws.
Powered by retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), the assistant finds relevant source material and uses it to generate a response to your question. Municipal staff remain responsible for official interpretations and approvals.
Answer with references
Get a plain-language response grounded in the retrieved text, with sources to review and follow-up questions when context is missing.
Help shape what comes next
The website widget and contractor workspace are upcoming. Tell us where you would use them and what questions your visitors or team need answered.