{
 "answer": "In the Village of Ashcroft, British Columbia, hens permitted: True; max hens: 4; roosters prohibited: True; bees permitted: True. Source: Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 879, 2025, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000006",
 "municipality": "Ashcroft",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.village.ashcroft.bc.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 879, 2025",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-11-10",
   "document_url": "https://ashcroftbc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Bylaw-No.-879-Good-Neighbour-Bylaw-2025.pdf",
   "summary": "Allows up to 4 hens (no roosters) per parcel, rear yard only, in one fully-fenced coop/pen, for personal egg use; also requires beekeepers to be provincially registered and keep hives in a fenced/enclosed rear yard.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "98fd732596e5674282b11439970c29e6f2d68a02e769b799a708a48d7b4327d8",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/98fd732596e5674282b11439970c29e6f2d68a02e769b799a708a48d7b4327d8.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "max_hens": "4",
    "roosters_prohibited": true,
    "bees_permitted": true,
    "livestock_rule": "No person shall keep livestock, poultry, or other animals not specifically permitted under this bylaw.",
    "permit_or_licence": "Beekeepers must be registered under the BC Bee Regulation; no permit/licence stated for hens.",
    "setback": "Coop and pen must be set back at least 2.5 metres from all parcel lines; beehive must not be located within 3.0 metres of any parcel line."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 7.2: \"No person shall keep hens...except in accordance with the following regulations\"",
    "max_hens": "s. 7.2(ii): \"A maximum of four (4) hens may be kept per parcel\"",
    "roosters_prohibited": "s. 7.2(iii): \"Roosters are prohibited within all residential zones\"",
    "bees_permitted": "s. 7.3: \"No person shall keep bees except in accordance with the following regulations\"",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 7.1: \"No person shall keep livestock, poultry, or other animals not specifically permitted under this bylaw\"",
    "permit_or_licence": "s. 7.3(i): \"Every person keeping bees must be a registered beekeeper under the BC Bee Regulation\"",
    "setback": "s. 7.2(vii): \"set back at least 2.5 metres from all parcel lines\"; s. 7.3(vii): \"not...within 3.0 metres of any parcel line\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/ashcroft/backyard-hens/text-98fd732596e5/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/ashcroft/backyard-hens/"
}