{
 "answer": "In the County municipality of Victoria, Nova Scotia, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by Municipality of the County of Victoria Land Use By-law, verified 2026-09-27. Livestock rule: one accessory structure, gross floor area no greater than 20.0 square metres, for keeping livestock.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003165",
 "municipality": "Victoria",
 "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://victoriacounty.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipality of the County of Victoria Land Use By-law",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-05-26",
   "document_url": "https://victoriacounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Plan_Victoria-Land_Use_Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Keeping livestock as a hobby-scale 'accessory agricultural use' (accessory to a dwelling) is allowed in zones listing that use, including the Residential Centre (R) and Hamlet Residential (HR) zones, but limited to one livestock structure of at most 20 sq m; larger structures need a zone permitting full agricultural use. Fencing must meet the provincial Fences and Detention of Stray",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "3248f1b60272fc81e8985f417f5d824ee956db56d7358813edf76ce4cfbd981c",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/3248f1b60272fc81e8985f417f5d824ee956db56d7358813edf76ce4cfbd981c.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "bees_permitted": true,
    "livestock_rule": "one accessory structure, gross floor area no greater than 20.0 square metres, for keeping livestock"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "bees_permitted": "s. 29 Definitions - Agricultural Use; s. 13.1.1(a)",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 6.2.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/victoria/backyard-hens/municipality-of-the-county-of-victoria-land-use-by-law/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/victoria/backyard-hens/"
}