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 "municipality_id": "gx-003132",
 "municipality": "Chester",
 "status_type": "District municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "zoning_land_use",
 "label": "Zoning & land use",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.chesterareans.ca/",
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipal Land Use By-law (effective January 9, 2020)",
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   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2020-01-09",
   "document_url": "https://portal.laserfiche.ca/Portal/Browse.aspx?id=205450&repo=r-0001f4a08362",
   "summary": "Divides municipality into zones (residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, general basic); specifies permitted uses, lot sizes, setbacks, and height limits per zone; development permits required for construction.",
   "capture_sha256": "f235c4cd5fec9158f94b137eba3274e0f861036a59c5dac309ba87b09faf5a72",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
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   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/chester/zoning/text-f235c4cd5fec/",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/chester/zoning/"
}