{
 "answer": "In the Village of Alix, Alberta, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by Village of Alix Bylaw No. 460/20 – Urban Chicken Bylaw (Amended), verified 2026-09-27. Max hens: four (4). Permit or licence: Chicken License required; license fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) each year a license is issued or renewed.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000165",
 "municipality": "Alix",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.villageofalix.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Village of Alix Bylaw No. 460/20 – Urban Chicken Bylaw (Amended)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2020-09-16",
   "document_url": "https://www.villageofalix.ca/index.php/download_file/886/333/",
   "summary": "License required to keep up to 4 hens (no roosters) per property in an Urban Area; $25 license fee per hen; coop max 10m² floor area / 2.4m height; manure storage capped at 3 cubic feet.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "e2a782c60a29e332890324d279484f5203c6110732e6997875f54b33e3191380",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "460/20",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e2a782c60a29e332890324d279484f5203c6110732e6997875f54b33e3191380.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "max_hens": "four (4)",
    "roosters_prohibited": true,
    "permit_or_licence": "Chicken License required; license fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) each year a license is issued or renewed."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 5",
    "max_hens": "s. 5",
    "roosters_prohibited": "s. 4(a)",
    "permit_or_licence": "s. 4(b); s. 5(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/alix/backyard-hens/bylaw-460-20/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/alix/backyard-hens/"
}