{
 "answer": "In the Town of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by Town of Mahone Bay Land Use Bylaw, 2024, verified 2026-09-27. Livestock rule: Commercial livestock operations prohibited; urban agriculture excludes other livestock; hobby livestock buildings permitted in Residential Unserviced (RU) Zone. Setback: Beehives: at least 3.0 metres from any lot line; located in rear yard or side yard that is not a flankage yard.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003148",
 "municipality": "Mahone Bay",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "http://www.townofmahonebay.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Mahone Bay Land Use Bylaw, 2024",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-01-31",
   "document_url": "http://www.townofmahonebay.ca/uploads/1/3/0/6/130665195/2025-10-23_mahone_bay_land_use_by-law_official_in_effect_updated.pdf",
   "summary": "Land Use Bylaw permits keeping bees as an urban agriculture use (hives at least 3.0 m from any lot line, in the rear yard or a non-flankage side yard) and permits keeping chickens and/or meat rabbits as an urban agriculture use subject to conditions; coops and other urban-agriculture accessory structures are capped at 6.0 m high, and commercial livestock operations",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "195a6075099dacb0c466be0ef2cdf266f329f846842a8168c693c7fa767a9045",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/195a6075099dacb0c466be0ef2cdf266f329f846842a8168c693c7fa767a9045.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "bees_permitted": true,
    "livestock_rule": "Commercial livestock operations prohibited; urban agriculture excludes other livestock; hobby livestock buildings permitted in Residential Unserviced (RU) Zone.",
    "setback": "Beehives: at least 3.0 metres from any lot line; located in rear yard or side yard that is not a flankage yard."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 5.51.4; s. 8.2.1",
    "bees_permitted": "s. 5.51.3",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 5.14.1; definition 'Urban Agriculture'; s. 11.2.1",
    "setback": "s. 5.51.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/mahone-bay/backyard-hens/town-of-mahone-bay-land-use-bylaw-2024/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/mahone-bay/backyard-hens/"
}