{
 "answer": "The City of Barre, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Code of Ordinances Ch. 3 - Animals and Fowl (poultry keeping), verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028463",
 "municipality": "Barre",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "backyard_animals",
 "label": "Backyard hens & livestock",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": null,
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Code of Ordinances Ch. 3 - Animals and Fowl (poultry keeping)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2021-12-21",
   "document_url": "https://www.barrecity.org/client_media/files/Clerk/charter_and_ordinances/Ch.%2003%20Animals%20%26%20Fowl%2012-21-21.pdf",
   "summary": "Defines 'poultry' (chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese) and 'poultry enclosure' and regulates keeping of poultry and other domestic quadrupeds within city limits alongside standard animal-control rules.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/barre-city/backyard-hens/"
}