{
 "answer": "In the City of Belleville, Ontario, hens permitted: True. Source: Zoning By-law 2024-100, Section 17.3 Backyard Hens, verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001419",
 "municipality": "Belleville",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.city.belleville.on.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Zoning By-law 2024-100, Section 17.3 Backyard Hens",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-03-11",
   "document_url": "https://www.belleville.ca/media/pyqm4vx4/consolidated-zoning-by-law-2024-100-20260506-ledger.pdf",
   "summary": "Permits up to 4 hens per lot where zoning allows; roosters prohibited; coop must be rear-yard only, setback 3.0m from side lot line, 1.2m from rear, 3.0m from dwellings, 7.5m from schools/places of worship; no egg/manure sale, no slaughtering on-site.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "237af87b064f4c15e6ae9ceab99ae5505dd820f25f2e270cf26b024f5530cded",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/237af87b064f4c15e6ae9ceab99ae5505dd820f25f2e270cf26b024f5530cded.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 3.4(2)(d): \"Backyard hens, see Section 17.3.\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/belleville/backyard-hens/text-237af87b064f/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/belleville/backyard-hens/"
}