{
 "answer": "In the City of Williams Lake, British Columbia, hens permitted: True; bees permitted: True; livestock rule: horses, cattle, sheep, goats, or other camelids, raised by personal use, no more than two (in total) shall be permitted on an individual property.. Source: Zoning Bylaw No. 2430, 2025, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000159",
 "municipality": "Williams Lake",
 "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://williamslake.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Zoning Bylaw No. 2430, 2025",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-01-13",
   "document_url": "https://williamslake.civicweb.net/document/178601",
   "summary": "Defines and permits 'Backyard Hen Keeping' and 'Backyard Beekeeping' as accessory residential uses (incl. in manufactured home/home-based-business zones); numeric limits and coop rules are set by the separate Animal Control Bylaw No. 2102 (not independently verified).",
   "discovered_by": "bc-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-28",
   "capture_sha256": "8b789f7f401d32d5aebfcd569d2e470d1951f59ff98493a910770d17ddedae7b",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T03:03:43+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8b789f7f401d32d5aebfcd569d2e470d1951f59ff98493a910770d17ddedae7b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "bees_permitted": true,
    "livestock_rule": "horses, cattle, sheep, goats, or other camelids, raised by personal use, no more than two (in total) shall be permitted on an individual property."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 4A.1",
    "bees_permitted": "s. 4A.1",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 2.4.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/williams-lake/backyard-hens/text-8b789f7f401d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/williams-lake/backyard-hens/"
}