{
 "answer": "In the City of Fort St. John, British Columbia, bees permitted: True; setback: 3 meters of any neighboring property line. Source: Beekeeping Bylaw No. 2373, 2017, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000039",
 "municipality": "Fort St. John",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://fortstjohn.ca",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Beekeeping Bylaw No. 2373, 2017",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2017-04-24",
   "document_url": "https://www.fortstjohn.ca/media/file/beekeeping-bylaw",
   "summary": "Caps hives at 2 colonies (+2 nucleus) on lots under 1,000 m2, or 4 (+4 nucleus) on larger lots; hives must sit ≥3 m from property lines, in the rear yard, and be fenced 1.8 m high or elevated 2.4 m.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "6c5688186c0531f0c302399e5b40e61e90f5e915c4bbedb1d0c90e89dddf4baa",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6c5688186c0531f0c302399e5b40e61e90f5e915c4bbedb1d0c90e89dddf4baa.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "bees_permitted": true,
    "setback": "3 meters of any neighboring property line"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "bees_permitted": "s. 5",
    "setback": "s. 4(e)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/fort-st-john/backyard-hens/text-6c5688186c05/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/fort-st-john/backyard-hens/"
}