{
 "answer": "In the City of White Rock, British Columbia, hens permitted: False; roosters prohibited: True; livestock rule: Prohibited on real property except as permitted pursuant to City of White Rock Bee Keeping Bylaw, 1992, No. 1313.; bees permitted: True. Source: Animal Control and Licensing Bylaw No. 1959; Bee Keeping Bylaw No. 1313, 1992, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000158",
 "municipality": "White Rock",
 "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://whiterockcity.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control and Licensing Bylaw No. 1959",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2012-05-28",
   "document_url": "https://www.whiterockcity.ca/DocumentCenter/View/271/Consolidated---Animal-Control-and-Licensing-Bylaw-2012-Number-1959-PDF",
   "summary": "Prohibits keeping livestock, poultry, aviary or apiary on any property except as permitted under the City's Bee Keeping Bylaw – i.e. backyard chickens/poultry are not permitted, only bees under the separate bylaw.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "94c2350e9666c8fd28343e6c3ac0f458a14d02742c2b340483df18dd11e118ab",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/94c2350e9666c8fd28343e6c3ac0f458a14d02742c2b340483df18dd11e118ab.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "roosters_prohibited": true,
    "livestock_rule": "Prohibited on real property except as permitted pursuant to City of White Rock Bee Keeping Bylaw, 1992, No. 1313."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 3, s. 45",
    "roosters_prohibited": "s. 3, s. 45",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 45"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/white-rock/backyard-hens/text-94c2350e9666/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bee Keeping Bylaw No. 1313, 1992",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.whiterockcity.ca/DocumentCenter/View/4187/Bee-Keeping-Bylaw-1992-no-1313",
   "summary": "Max 2 bee colonies per lot, hives set back 15ft from property lines, hives must be 8ft above ground or screened by a 6ft solid fence; beehives only permitted on RS1/RS4-zoned properties.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "dae60da2ef3be645a391695dc39fb127f041c0feb48f469b0bddcb15009a603d",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/dae60da2ef3be645a391695dc39fb127f041c0feb48f469b0bddcb15009a603d.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "bees_permitted": true,
    "setback": "fifteen (15) feet from property line; twenty metres (65.6) feet from property line abutting multi-family dwelling"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "bees_permitted": "s. 5",
    "setback": "s. 4(a); s. 6"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/white-rock/backyard-hens/text-dae60da2ef3b/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/white-rock/backyard-hens/"
}