{
 "answer": "In the County municipality of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by Municipality of the County of Antigonish Land Use By-law, verified 2026-09-27. Livestock rule: one (1) accessory structure, with a gross floor area no greater than 20.0 square metres (215.27 square feet), for the keeping of livestock.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003125",
 "municipality": "Antigonish",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://antigonishcounty.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipality of the County of Antigonish Land Use By-law",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-06-11",
   "document_url": "https://edpc.ca/plandocs/antigonish_county/Plan_Antigonish-LUB.pdf",
   "summary": "Section 6.30 Urban Farm Uses (a permitted use in Hamlet Residential/Hamlet Core and other zones): keeping livestock is allowed with one accessory structure up to 20 m2; owners must fence to prevent escape per the provincial Fences and Detention of Stray Livestock Act; larger structures possible only under a full agricultural-use designation.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "eafaab3e6d350fee18892ec13aaf80e69bb129340ee6f1759d7a25496098b690",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/eafaab3e6d350fee18892ec13aaf80e69bb129340ee6f1759d7a25496098b690.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "livestock_rule": "one (1) accessory structure, with a gross floor area no greater than 20.0 square metres (215.27 square feet), for the keeping of livestock"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "livestock_rule": "s. 6.30.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/antigonish-county-municipality/backyard-hens/municipality-of-the-county-of-antigonish-land-use-by-law/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/antigonish-county-municipality/backyard-hens/"
}