{
 "answer": "The Town of Proctor, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Proctor Zoning Regulations - keeping of chickens (within the 2017 bylaw), verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028630",
 "municipality": "Proctor",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "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": "Proctor Zoning Regulations - keeping of chickens (within the 2017 bylaw)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2017-03-13",
   "document_url": "https://proctorvermont.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Proctor-Zoning-Adopted-March-13_2017.pdf",
   "summary": "Chickens (but not roosters) are permitted as a common domestic animal in the residential district, capped at 12 chickens per premise; other livestock (horses, cattle, sheep, hogs) restricted to non-residential districts.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/proctor/backyard-hens/"
}