{
 "answer": "In the County municipality of Richmond, Nova Scotia, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by Municipality of the County of Richmond Land Use By-law (Plan Richmond) - Accessory Agriculture Uses, verified 2026-09-27. Livestock rule: One accessory structure for keeping livestock, max 20.0 m²; fencing required under Fences and Detention of Stray Livestock Act.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003157",
 "municipality": "Richmond",
 "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://www.richmondcounty.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipality of the County of Richmond Land Use By-law (Plan Richmond) - Accessory Agriculture Uses",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-01-29",
   "document_url": "https://edpc.ca/plandocs/richmond_county/Richmond_County_LUB.pdf",
   "summary": "Hobby-scale 'accessory agriculture' alongside a dwelling is allowed with conditions in residential zones such as Residential Centre (R) and Hamlet Residential; where it includes livestock, only one accessory structure of up to 20 sq m may house the animals, and owners must fence adequately under the provincial Fences and Detention of Stray Livestock Act.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "57ab4a027d8386e844f0b019fa1b2edaec64baefb4d6cdd515e403eeaa012a32",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/57ab4a027d8386e844f0b019fa1b2edaec64baefb4d6cdd515e403eeaa012a32.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "livestock_rule": "One accessory structure for keeping livestock, max 20.0 m²; fencing required under Fences and Detention of Stray Livestock Act."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "livestock_rule": "s. 6.29.2; s. 6.29.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/richmond/backyard-hens/municipality-of-the-county-of-richmond-land-use-by-law/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/richmond/backyard-hens/"
}