{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario, hens permitted: True; max hens: ten (10); roosters prohibited: True; permit or licence: hen permit required; fee as set out in the Municipality's User Fee By-law. Source: By-law 141-2024 (Backyard Chickens amendment to Responsible Animal Ownership By-law 170-2021), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001465",
 "municipality": "Chatham-Kent",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.chatham-kent.ca/Pages/default.aspx",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 141-2024 (Backyard Chickens amendment to Responsible Animal Ownership By-law 170-2021)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-11-04",
   "document_url": "https://www.chatham-kent.ca/localgovernment/bylaws/Documents/141-2024.pdf",
   "summary": "Two-year pilot permitting up to 10 hens (no roosters) on rural residential and/or village residential zoned properties, excluding the Community of Erieau, under a hen permit whose fee is set by the Municipality's User Fee By-law. The owner must reside on the premises; coop and run must be in the rear yard, at least 2 m from rear and side",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "8fbc0790a3de46130ff22935dedf2f5854f6f55d075986c544aee249a9e89f77",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/8fbc0790a3de46130ff22935dedf2f5854f6f55d075986c544aee249a9e89f77.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": true,
    "max_hens": "ten (10)",
    "roosters_prohibited": true,
    "permit_or_licence": "hen permit required; fee as set out in the Municipality's User Fee By-law",
    "setback": "at least 2 metres from the rear property line and at least 2 metres from any side lot line"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "s. 15.1(2)",
    "max_hens": "s. 5.7",
    "roosters_prohibited": "Schedule A s. 4.2",
    "permit_or_licence": "Schedule A s. 3.2; s. 5.1",
    "setback": "Schedule A s. 7.2(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/chatham-kent/backyard-hens/text-8fbc0790a3de/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/chatham-kent/backyard-hens/"
}