{
 "answer": "The City of Richmond Hill, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Responsible Pet Ownership and Animal Regulation By-law No. 22-25, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001731",
 "municipality": "Richmond Hill",
 "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.richmondhill.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Responsible Pet Ownership and Animal Regulation By-law No. 22-25",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-03-26",
   "document_url": "https://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": "Article 9 restricts keeping livestock (defined to include laying hens, chickens, geese, ducks, rabbits) to agriculturally-zoned land only; Article 11 requires pigeon-club membership and registration to keep racing/homing pigeons.",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "817ff98c4ab7cdcdd99613bd7bf9a1b0b82ddd57e1d96be6859763a604774595",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/817ff98c4ab7cdcdd99613bd7bf9a1b0b82ddd57e1d96be6859763a604774595.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/richmond-hill/backyard-hens/text-817ff98c4ab7/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/richmond-hill/backyard-hens/"
}