{
 "answer": "In the Town of Milton, Ontario, hens permitted: False; livestock rule: Domestic farm animals permitted only in Rural Area (GA, GB, A1, A2, NEC); prohibited in Urban/residential zones.; setback: not less than 1.2 meters (4') from the property line. Source: Animal Control By-law 90-2004 (Consolidated), verified 2026-08-28.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001638",
 "municipality": "Milton",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "official_website": "http://www.milton.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law 90-2004 (Consolidated)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2004-10-25",
   "document_url": "https://www.milton.ca/en/town-hall/resources/Accessible_Bylaws/090-2004-Animal-Control--Consolidated.pdf",
   "summary": "Prohibits keeping chickens (Gallus Gallus) and most other exotic/farm animals townwide except in the designated Rural Area; pigeons permitted only in the Rural Area under strict loft, banding and separation-distance conditions (max 60 per owner).",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "c42a8a2806c64b3005553308266fc84942b630d3c7695e719482437047adb572",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c42a8a2806c64b3005553308266fc84942b630d3c7695e719482437047adb572.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "livestock_rule": "Domestic farm animals permitted only in Rural Area (GA, GB, A1, A2, NEC); prohibited in Urban/residential zones.",
    "setback": "not less than 1.2 meters (4') from the property line"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "Schedule \"B\": Gallus Gallus - chickens [prohibited]; s. 23 permits only in Rural Area",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 23: \"a person in a Rural Area may keep domestic farm animals\"",
    "setback": "s. 51: \"located not less than 1.2 meters (4') from the property line\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/milton/backyard-hens/text-c42a8a2806c6/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/milton/backyard-hens/"
}