{
 "answer": "The Town of Sandgate, Vermont has 2 adopted ordinances on file: Ordinance -- Restraint of Large Domestic Animals (No. 206.01); Ordinance -- Storage of Animal Feed (No. 105.00), verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028647",
 "municipality": "Sandgate",
 "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": "Ordinance -- Restraint of Large Domestic Animals (No. 206.01)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2011-07-18",
   "document_url": "https://sandgatevermont.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ordinance-restraintoflargedomesticanimals_0718111.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires owners of large domestic animals (horses, donkeys, sheep, cattle, swine, llamas, goats, alpacas, bison, beefalo -- explicitly excludes dogs and small fowl/pets) to restrain them from wandering onto highways or others' property via fencing or humane restraint.",
   "document_number": "206.01",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Ordinance -- Storage of Animal Feed (No. 105.00)",
   "category": "backyard_animals",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-05-01",
   "document_url": "https://sandgatevermont.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Ordinance-Animal-Feed-Storage.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires owners/caretakers of animals to store animal feed in tightly-covered containers to prevent vermin; civil fine $50 first offense, $100 each subsequent offense; enforced by Town Health Officer/Constable.",
   "document_number": "105.00",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/sandgate/backyard-hens/"
}