{
 "answer": "The City of Medicine Hat, Alberta has 1 adopted bylaw on file: City of Medicine Hat Land Use Bylaw No. 4853, verified 2026-09-27.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000344",
 "municipality": "Medicine Hat",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.medicinehat.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "City of Medicine Hat Land Use Bylaw No. 4853",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-06-01",
   "document_url": "https://media-002-ca.cdn.govstack.com/medicinehat-016-ca/media/aylidv3h/4853-2026.pdf",
   "summary": "Section 144 prohibits keeping livestock in residential districts unless otherwise allowed by bylaw; the bylaw's livestock definition includes chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese and pheasants, effectively banning backyard poultry outside permitted exceptions.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "6ccb00b064d3d6375302473691b447060e06f22af11ce7db469e1824dc3ead2f",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "4853",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6ccb00b064d3d6375302473691b447060e06f22af11ce7db469e1824dc3ead2f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "livestock_rule": "Keeping of livestock is prohibited when associated with a residential district or use, unless otherwise allowed under the Land Use Bylaw, any other City bylaw, or any enactment."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "livestock_rule": "\"the keeping of livestock, unless otherwise allowed under the provisions of this Bylaw\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/medicine-hat/backyard-hens/bylaw-4853/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/medicine-hat/backyard-hens/"
}