{
 "answer": "In the Summer Village of West Cove, Alberta, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by Summer Village of West Cove Land Use Bylaw 417-16, verified 2026-09-27. Livestock rule: No person shall keep or permit to be kept in any part of any yard in any Land Use District any livestock.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000472",
 "municipality": "West Cove",
 "status_type": "Summer Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.svwestcove.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Summer Village of West Cove Land Use Bylaw 417-16",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2016-08-25",
   "document_url": "http://www.westcove.ca/tiny_uploads/pdfs/bylaw-417-16-land-use-bylaw-august-25-16-as-adopted.pdf",
   "summary": "Land Use Bylaw Section 4.22 (\"Keeping of Animals\") bans keeping or permitting any livestock in any yard, in any Land Use District, village-wide, and bans keeping pets/domestic animals commercially outside an approved kennel.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "a68211b128f638b807013a72b571daa6ccea9f71c359cc1a40574a06b47b11db",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "417-16",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a68211b128f638b807013a72b571daa6ccea9f71c359cc1a40574a06b47b11db.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "livestock_rule": "No person shall keep or permit to be kept in any part of any yard in any Land Use District any livestock."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "livestock_rule": "s. 4.22(1)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/west-cove/backyard-hens/bylaw-417-16/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/west-cove/backyard-hens/"
}