{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001672",
 "municipality": "North Stormont",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://northstormont.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Animal Control By-law 062-04",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.northstormont.ca/sites/northstormont.ca/files/2025-09/062-04%20Animal%20Control%20by-law.pdf",
   "summary": "North Stormont animal control by-law; official by-law page identifies it as the animal control by-law for municipal enforcement.",
   "capture_sha256": "fbf80f9aa25a7c71cd0df64777706910e75b7defaca2c5078f2e1b151bb041de",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/fbf80f9aa25a7c71cd0df64777706910e75b7defaca2c5078f2e1b151bb041de.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "licence_fee": "$15.00 sterilized dog; $20.00 not sterilized; no fee for service dog; $2.00 replacement tag",
    "leash_rule": "In any conservation area, institutional area, or Township park, a dog must be kept on a leash less than 2.4 metres (8 feet) and under the control of a person.",
    "max_animals": "Urban area: 2 dogs over 20 weeks; rural area: 3 dogs over 20 weeks (without kennel/pet-shop licence)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "\"Every owner of a dog shall\"; \"obtain and renew such registration annually\"",
    "licence_fee": "\"which is sterilized\"; \"which is not sterilized\"; \"for each service dog\"; \"for each replacement of a lost identification tag\"",
    "leash_rule": "\"the dog is kept on a leash having a length of less than 2.4 meters (8 feet)\"",
    "max_animals": "\"more than two (2) dogs over twenty\"; \"more than three (3) dogs over twenty (20) weeks of age\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/north-stormont/animal-control/text-fbf80f9aa25a/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/north-stormont/animal-control/"
}