{
 "answer": "In the District municipality of East Hants, Nova Scotia, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by Municipality of East Hants Land Use Bylaw, verified 2026-09-27. Livestock rule: Ungulates permitted for personal use in CR, LR, R1, R2; shelter required, 6 m setback, 4,000 m2 first animal, +2,000 m2 each additional.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003139",
 "municipality": "East Hants",
 "status_type": "District municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.easthants.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipality of East Hants Land Use Bylaw",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-07-27",
   "document_url": "https://www.easthants.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/LUB-2023_Amended-March2024.pdf",
   "summary": "Sec 3.39 Keeping of Poultry: occupants of a single- or two-unit dwelling may keep poultry (chickens, ducks, geese, guineafowl) for personal use, provided the birds are contained by fence/other method and cannot roam onto neighbouring land or roads.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "d73788571b5e8799710726de0de82d52f92d1baaff1b75b5146f8153086225dc",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d73788571b5e8799710726de0de82d52f92d1baaff1b75b5146f8153086225dc.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "livestock_rule": "Ungulates permitted for personal use in CR, LR, R1, R2; shelter required, 6 m setback, 4,000 m2 first animal, +2,000 m2 each additional."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 3.39",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 3.38"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/east-hants/backyard-hens/municipality-of-east-hants-land-use-bylaw/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/east-hants/backyard-hens/"
}