{
 "answer": "In the Town of Rothesay, New Brunswick, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by Rothesay Zoning By-law No. 2-10, verified 2026-09-27. Livestock rule: Only domestic animals may be kept in any residential zone.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003100",
 "municipality": "Rothesay",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "New Brunswick",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.rothesay.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Rothesay Zoning By-law No. 2-10",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.rothesay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/By-law-2-10-November-2023.pdf",
   "summary": "Section 3.7 'Animals in Residential Zones': only domestic animals may be kept in any residential zone, effectively prohibiting hens, bees and other livestock on residential lots. Separately, livestock is capped at 1 animal unit/ha in a low-density rural-harvest zone and banned entirely in the Carpenter Pond Watershed/Wellfield Protection Area.",
   "discovered_by": "nb-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "f25a2e591b6fd99710248dc8f23c58e532ad729c9bb6391f41612d2861d39998",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:03:51+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2-10",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f25a2e591b6fd99710248dc8f23c58e532ad729c9bb6391f41612d2861d39998.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "livestock_rule": "Only domestic animals may be kept in any residential zone.",
    "setback": "Accessory buildings housing animals shall be located in the rear yard and those housing animals in the Rural Zone shall be set back a minimum of 10 metres from any property line."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "livestock_rule": "s. 3.7",
    "setback": "s. 5.4(e)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nb/rothesay/backyard-hens/bylaw-2-10/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nb/rothesay/backyard-hens/"
}