{
 "answer": "In the County municipality of Pictou, Nova Scotia, backyard hens & livestock rules are set by Municipality of Pictou County Land Use Bylaw (2025) - Hobby Livestock Farms, verified 2026-09-27. Livestock rule: Livestock operations are not permitted in Residential Community Zone; hobby livestock farms are permitted subject to Part 5. Permit or licence: Development permit required; fees in conformance with the fee schedule adopted by resolution of Council.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-003153",
 "municipality": "Pictou",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-27",
 "official_website": "https://munpict.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipality of Pictou County Land Use Bylaw (2025) - Hobby Livestock Farms",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-05-05",
   "document_url": "https://munpict.ca/assets/LUB-Approved-PNS-Published.pdf",
   "summary": "Hobby Livestock Farms provision permits keeping livestock (incl. poultry) on a lot with one main shelter building up to 100 sq m plus three accessory buildings up to 20 sq m each; owners must fence adequately per the provincial Fences and Detention of Stray Livestock Act.",
   "discovered_by": "ns-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
   "capture_sha256": "bbb3eacc30fa921c9bbf3cc834bd0729bb874b0e872e4de71f93f73f3c12ee01",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T01:09:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/bbb3eacc30fa921c9bbf3cc834bd0729bb874b0e872e4de71f93f73f3c12ee01.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "livestock_rule": "Livestock operations are not permitted in Residential Community Zone; hobby livestock farms are permitted subject to Part 5.",
    "permit_or_licence": "Development permit required; fees in conformance with the fee schedule adopted by resolution of Council."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "livestock_rule": "Table 7E; s. 5.23",
    "permit_or_licence": "s. 4.1.1; s. 4.4.1(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/pictou-county-municipality/backyard-hens/municipality-of-pictou-county-land-use-bylaw-hobby/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/pictou-county-municipality/backyard-hens/"
}