{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of Lantzville, British Columbia, hens permitted: True; max hens: 0, 6, 10, or 15 depending on parcel area; roosters prohibited: True; livestock rule: Outside Agricultural Land Reserve, 0-2 other farm animals permitted based on parcel area (2 if ≥ 8,000 m2).. Source: District of Lantzville Zoning Bylaw No. 180, 2020 (Consolidated to Aug. 21, 2024), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000068",
 "municipality": "Lantzville",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.lantzville.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "District of Lantzville Zoning Bylaw No. 180, 2020 (Consolidated to Aug. 21, 2024)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.lantzville.ca/cms/wpattachments/wpID478atID6849.pdf",
   "summary": "Outside the ALR, poultry keeping is scaled by lot size (0 on lots <1,000m2, up to 15 on lots ≥8,000m2, plus up to 2 other farm animals on the largest lots); roosters banned; coop ≥4m from parcel line, manure ≥15m from lines.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "1c98e6f08459311c8650845839468244dc16620e6c3a9d1311f0d0a6ba88da83",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1c98e6f08459311c8650845839468244dc16620e6c3a9d1311f0d0a6ba88da83.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "max_hens": "0, 6, 10, or 15 depending on parcel area",
    "roosters_prohibited": true,
    "livestock_rule": "Outside Agricultural Land Reserve, 0-2 other farm animals permitted based on parcel area (2 if ≥ 8,000 m2).",
    "setback": "Poultry structure: 4 m from parcel line; Other farm animal structure: 15 m from parcel line (or zone setbacks if greater)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 2.3(1)",
    "max_hens": "s. 2.3(1)",
    "roosters_prohibited": "s. 2.3(2)(e)",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 2.3(1)",
    "setback": "s. 2.3(2)(h)-(i)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/lantzville/backyard-hens/text-1c98e6f08459/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/lantzville/backyard-hens/"
}