{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of North Vancouver, British Columbia, bees permitted: True; setback: within 7.5 metres of any parcel line; hens permitted: True; max hens: 6. Source: Bee Keeping Bylaw 6474; Keeping of Domestic Hens Bylaw 8211, 2016, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000092",
 "municipality": "North Vancouver",
 "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": "https://www.dnv.org/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bee Keeping Bylaw 6474",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1992-10-27",
   "document_url": "https://docs.dnv.org/documents/Bylaw%206474.pdf",
   "summary": "Allows up to 2 bee colonies on parcels under 1,100 sq m; a beehive must be 7.5m from any parcel line unless elevated 2.5m+ or screened behind a solid barrier extending 6m past the hive.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "a54d2b8c4d847261f1cea40bf821d11a43a2ce9426cccaa4719c46539f356b7f",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a54d2b8c4d847261f1cea40bf821d11a43a2ce9426cccaa4719c46539f356b7f.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "bees_permitted": true,
    "setback": "within 7.5 metres of any parcel line"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "bees_permitted": "s. 3",
    "setback": "s. 3(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/backyard-hens/text-a54d2b8c4d84/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Keeping of Domestic Hens Bylaw 8211, 2016",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2017-09-11",
   "document_url": "https://docs.dnv.org/documents/Bylaw%208211.pdf",
   "summary": "Permits 2-6 hens per single-family residential lot with a District permit; no roosters allowed; hens must be kept for personal use in a secure, predator-proof coop, locked from dusk to dawn.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "3d61e47b7e047a8e25dad9b6663aff004d5c8a03fa2a61b9d387de700be308aa",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/3d61e47b7e047a8e25dad9b6663aff004d5c8a03fa2a61b9d387de700be308aa.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "max_hens": "6",
    "roosters_prohibited": true,
    "permit_or_licence": "Permit required; fee set out in Fees and Charges Bylaw 6481; annual renewal required",
    "setback": "1.2 m from rear lot line; 1.5 m from interior side lot line; 1.2 m from dwelling unit"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 3: \"The keeping of hens is permitted on properties located in any of the single family residential (RS) zones\"",
    "max_hens": "s. 6(c): \"keep or permit to be kept more than 6 hens on any single family residential lot\"",
    "roosters_prohibited": "s. 6(a): \"keep or permit to be kept any rooster on property that they own or occupy\"",
    "permit_or_licence": "s. 4(a), 4(b): obtain a permit … submitting it with the appropriate permit application fee set out in the Fees and Charges Bylaw 6481; pay the annual hen permit fee prescribed in the Fees and Charges Bylaw 6481",
    "setback": "s. 4(c)(iv): rear lot line 1.2 metres, interior side lot line 1.5 metres, dwelling unit 1.2 metres"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/backyard-hens/text-3d61e47b7e04/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/north-vancouver-district/backyard-hens/"
}