{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000173",
 "municipality": "Banff",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.banff.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Services Bylaw 46-4 (PDF)",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.banff.ca/DocumentCenter/View/163",
   "summary": "Regulates the keeping, licensing, and control of animals within the Town of Banff.",
   "capture_sha256": "5da763bac2e520599e9842b50d11abfdb79c173a9ff4abf19147704d389b2b59",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5da763bac2e520599e9842b50d11abfdb79c173a9ff4abf19147704d389b2b59.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$56.00; $125.00 unaltered Dog > six (6) months; $20.00; $125.00 unaltered Cat > six (6) months; $500.00 Vicious Animal",
    "leash_rule": "No Animal shall be At Large; Physical Control means restrained by a leash not exceeding three (3) metres",
    "max_animals": "No more than four Dogs or four Cats are permitted per legal dwelling unit",
    "fine_range": "not less than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars and not more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"B\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 22; Schedule \"A\"(c), (m)",
    "max_animals": "s. 14.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 46"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/banff/animal-control/text-5da763bac2e5/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/banff/animal-control/"
}