{
 "answer": "In the Town of Digby, Nova Scotia, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by The Urban Chicken By-law No. 2020-02, verified 2026-09-27. Max hens: six (6). Livestock rule: agricultural operations, including but not limited to the keeping of livestock are neither a permitted or discretionary use under the Town's Land Use Bylaw. Permit or licence: Chicken License required; annual Chicken Coop License Fee $30.00; development permit required for coop construction.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003138",
 "municipality": "Digby",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://www.digby.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "The Urban Chicken By-law No. 2020-02",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2020-09-08",
   "document_url": "https://www.digby.ca/658-the-urban-chicken-by-law-2020-02-1/file.html",
   "summary": "Permits keeping of urban chickens in the Town of Digby subject to conditions on numbers, enclosures, and sanitation. First reading 4 Aug 2020; second reading 8 Sept 2020.",
   "capture_sha256": "29c1fef805d0ce86a375df92a503905acacd8a14c58d404101d05609e4fc2a6b",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "discovered_by": "newcat-relabel",
   "relabelled_from": "animal_control",
   "document_number": "2020-02",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/29c1fef805d0ce86a375df92a503905acacd8a14c58d404101d05609e4fc2a6b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "max_hens": "six (6)",
    "roosters_prohibited": true,
    "livestock_rule": "agricultural operations, including but not limited to the keeping of livestock are neither a permitted or discretionary use under the Town's Land Use Bylaw",
    "permit_or_licence": "Chicken License required; annual Chicken Coop License Fee $30.00; development permit required for coop construction.",
    "setback": "minimum 3.0 m from a dwelling; minimum 1 metre from any lot line; minimum distance of 3 metres from all windows and doors of dwellings that are located on abutting properties"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 5(a)(i)",
    "max_hens": "s. 5(a)(i)",
    "roosters_prohibited": "s. 3(a)",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 1(o)",
    "permit_or_licence": "s. 3(b); s. 4(a)(ii); s. 5(a)(iv); Schedule \"A\"; Schedule \"B\"",
    "setback": "s. 5(a)(iv)(3), (4), (9)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/digby-town/backyard-hens/bylaw-2020-02/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/digby-town/backyard-hens/"
}