{
 "answer": "The Township of Rideau Lakes, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: By-Law 2019-60 - Regulate Backyard Chickens in Residential Areas, verified 2026-08-29.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001732",
 "municipality": "Rideau Lakes",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-29",
 "official_website": "http://www.twprideaulakes.on.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-Law 2019-60 - Regulate Backyard Chickens in Residential Areas",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-11-04",
   "document_url": "https://www.rideaulakes.ca/component/edocman/?task=document.viewdocument&id=1009&Itemid=0",
   "summary": "Regulates backyard chickens on residential properties in zones that permit residential use under Zoning By-law 2005-6; it does not apply to properties zoned Rural or Agricultural that are more than 1 hectare in size. A maximum of 10 chickens is permitted and all coops on a property may not exceed 10 sq m. Coops and runs must be at least",
   "discovered_by": "on-newcats",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-29",
   "capture_sha256": "578e19537fba2cd5213a664e9a6fe5193793ca135ab9b0b942fc0782ec17c5fb",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-29T14:33:34+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/578e19537fba2cd5213a664e9a6fe5193793ca135ab9b0b942fc0782ec17c5fb.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/rideau-lakes/backyard-hens/text-578e19537fba/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/rideau-lakes/backyard-hens/"
}