{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000220",
 "municipality": "Chestermere",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.chestermere.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 025-24 – Animal Control Bylaw",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-05-13",
   "document_url": "https://thecityofchestermere.ca/legislativeservices/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/11/Bylaw-025-24-Animal-Control-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Governs animal licensing, regulations, and urban beekeeping within the City of Chestermere; third reading May 13, 2025.",
   "capture_sha256": "48a34d28fb8daa5b3ca7f2397f988fae74d8370542bb3ced2efd810c68a8edcb",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/48a34d28fb8daa5b3ca7f2397f988fae74d8370542bb3ced2efd810c68a8edcb.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$55 unaltered dog; $35 neutered/spayed dog; $200 Vicious Dog; $45 unaltered cat; $25 neutered/spayed cat",
    "leash_rule": "Animals must not be At-Large; off-property requires leash held by person able to maintain immediate, effective and continuous control.",
    "fine_range": "Fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10 000); imprisonment not more than one year"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 6.1",
    "licence_fee": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "leash_rule": "s. 2.7(a); s. 9.1(a)",
    "fine_range": "s. 18.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/chestermere/animal-control/text-48a34d28fb8d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/chestermere/animal-control/"
}