{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001731",
 "municipality": "Richmond Hill",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "http://www.richmondhill.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Responsible Pet Ownership and Animal Regulation By-law No. 22-25",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-03-26",
   "document_url": "http://www.richmondhill.ca/en/shared-content/resources/documents/Community-Standards-By-laws/Responsbile-Pet-Ownership-and-Animal-Regulation-By-law-No.-22-25.pdf",
   "summary": "By-law to promote responsible pet ownership and regulate animal control within the City of Richmond Hill.",
   "capture_sha256": "817ff98c4ab7cdcdd99613bd7bf9a1b0b82ddd57e1d96be6859763a604774595",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/817ff98c4ab7cdcdd99613bd7bf9a1b0b82ddd57e1d96be6859763a604774595.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "leash_rule": "A dog is at large if not on a leash providing effective care and control when off the owner's property or outside a building/dwelling unit",
    "max_animals": "Max 3 dogs per dwelling unit; combined maximum of 7 permitted animals per dwelling unit (excluding Article 11 pigeons and permitted fish)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "\"Every Owner of a Dog who resides in the City of Richmond Hill shall obtain an annual licence\"",
    "leash_rule": "\"it is not on a leash which provides effective Care and Control when not on\"",
    "max_animals": "\"more than three (3) Dogs\"; \"more than a combination of seven (7) permitted Animals\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/richmond-hill/animal-control/text-817ff98c4ab7/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/richmond-hill/animal-control/"
}