{
 "answer": "In the Municipal District of County of Stettler No. 6, Alberta, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by County of Stettler No. 6 Animal Control Bylaw 1741-25 and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-09-27. Permit or licence: Apiculture permit required; fee $100.00; application must include Provincial beekeeper registration number.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000241",
 "municipality": "County of Stettler No. 6",
 "status_type": "Municipal District",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.stettlercounty.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "County of Stettler No. 6 Animal Control Bylaw 1741-25",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-09-10",
   "document_url": "https://stettlercounty.ca/DocumentCenter/View/2259/1691-23-Animal-Control-Bylaw",
   "summary": "Beekeeping (apiculture) requires a permit: a hive-location map/site plan, provincial beekeeper registration under the Bee Act, $2M liability insurance, and written notice to all landowners within 1.0km before hives are placed.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "e1a4fef8096f4580d623d4a18cc115859feb7367934be893d6d6361c068f2cf7",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "6",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e1a4fef8096f4580d623d4a18cc115859feb7367934be893d6d6361c068f2cf7.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "bees_permitted": true,
    "permit_or_licence": "Apiculture permit required; fee $100.00; application must include Provincial beekeeper registration number."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "bees_permitted": "\"The purpose of an apiculture permit is to allow persons to raise Honey Bees\"",
    "permit_or_licence": "\"Except as permitted under a permit issued under this Bylaw, no person shall practice apiculture\"; Schedule \"B\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/county-of-stettler-no-6/backyard-hens/bylaw-6/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "County of Stettler No. 6 Land Use Bylaw No. 1443-10",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2011-03-09",
   "document_url": "http://www.stettlercounty.ca/DocumentCenter/View/944/1443-10-Land-Use-Bylaw",
   "summary": "Country Residential districts cap livestock/poultry by animal units on 3+ acre parcels (1 unit = 1 horse/cow, 7 sheep/goats, 2 swine, 20 chickens, 10 waterfowl, or 20 rabbits); a smaller residential district caps horses at 2/parcel with no other livestock or poultry.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "c60696dd027f4eb3cf678f3432e1d122674effb49dc287203d63b97e768cf243",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "6",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c60696dd027f4eb3cf678f3432e1d122674effb49dc287203d63b97e768cf243.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {},
   "fact_citations": {},
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/county-of-stettler-no-6/backyard-hens/bylaw-6-2/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/county-of-stettler-no-6/backyard-hens/"
}