{
 "answer": "In the City of Owen Sound, Ontario, hens permitted: False; livestock rule: Domesticated horse, ass, cattle, goat, deer, swine, sheep, or fowl permitted only in General Rural Area per Zoning By-law.; setback: 7.5 metres of any adjacent dwelling. Source: Keeping of Certain Kinds of Animals By-law 1997-089, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001688",
 "municipality": "Owen Sound",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.owensound.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Keeping of Certain Kinds of Animals By-law 1997-089",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1997-06-23",
   "document_url": "https://media-001-ca.cdn.govstack.com/owensound-005-ca/media/3bsat4gf/1997-089-keeping-certain-animals-by-law-consolidated.pdf",
   "summary": "Schedule A prohibits keeping domesticated fowl (chickens etc.) in the City except in the General Rural Area; pigeons and rabbits may be kept city-wide only if coops/hutches are 7.5m+ from any adjacent dwelling and kept sanitary.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "be75100ef4810d2200e71627aa709796a9bde9588b9dc3f103a86e6b0cf679e4",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/be75100ef4810d2200e71627aa709796a9bde9588b9dc3f103a86e6b0cf679e4.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "hens_permitted": false,
    "livestock_rule": "Domesticated horse, ass, cattle, goat, deer, swine, sheep, or fowl permitted only in General Rural Area per Zoning By-law.",
    "setback": "7.5 metres of any adjacent dwelling"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "hens_permitted": "Schedule 'A' s.14: 'All domesticated fowl, save and except pigeons'",
    "livestock_rule": "s. 8.1",
    "setback": "s. 10"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/owen-sound/backyard-hens/text-be75100ef481/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/owen-sound/backyard-hens/"
}