{
 "answer": "In the Municipal District of Woodlands County, Alberta, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by Woodlands County Land Use Bylaw 630/25, verified 2026-09-27. Livestock rule: CR allows animal units per parcel size; CRR prohibits livestock or farm animals of any type (horses, cattle, pigs, goats, etc.). Permit or licence: Development permit required for keeping animals in numbers greater than allowed; fee as established by County's Fees and Penalties Bylaw.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000480",
 "municipality": "Woodlands County",
 "status_type": "Municipal District",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.woodlands.ab.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Woodlands County Land Use Bylaw 630/25",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-09-10",
   "document_url": "http://woodlands.ab.ca/Home/DownloadDocument?docId=67abd884-3d4e-4f79-9c0d-d181062dbc36",
   "summary": "Country Residential parcels may keep animals by an animal-unit table (e.g. 15 chickens, 10 ducks/turkeys, 20 rabbits, 1 horse); backyard bees and hens on CR and CRR parcels under 0.81 ha may be considered by the Development Authority; roosters and peacocks are banned in CR and CRR; the CRR district otherwise bars livestock and farm animals.",
   "discovered_by": "ab-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "eae0ea751dfb86a76e0e2a5141e58b95eb5168724bfb1541b2a858444409ec3b",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "630/25",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/eae0ea751dfb86a76e0e2a5141e58b95eb5168724bfb1541b2a858444409ec3b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "roosters_prohibited": true,
    "bees_permitted": true,
    "livestock_rule": "CR allows animal units per parcel size; CRR prohibits livestock or farm animals of any type (horses, cattle, pigs, goats, etc.).",
    "permit_or_licence": "Development permit required for keeping animals in numbers greater than allowed; fee as established by County's Fees and Penalties Bylaw."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 9.3.6.4",
    "roosters_prohibited": "\"roosters and peacocks shall not be allowed in the CR or CRR Districts\"",
    "bees_permitted": "s. 9.3.6.4",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 9.3.6.1; s. 8.6.5.1",
    "permit_or_licence": "\"shall only be allowed upon issuance of a development permit approval\"; \"established by the County's Fees and Penalties Bylaw\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/woodlands-county/backyard-hens/bylaw-630-25/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/woodlands-county/backyard-hens/"
}