{
 "answer": "The Town of Waterville, Vermont has 1 adopted ordinance on file: Town of Waterville Dog Ordinance, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028696",
 "municipality": "Waterville",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "animal_control",
 "label": "Dogs & animal control",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "http://www.watervillevt.org/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Waterville Dog Ordinance",
   "category": "animal_control",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1987-08-18",
   "document_url": "http://www.watervillevt.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Dog-Ordinance.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates keeping of dogs in Town, dogs running at large, licensing/owner definitions and impoundment; adopted under 20 V.S.A. §3549. Live link 404s; retrieved via Wayback Machine snapshot.",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/waterville/animal-control/"
}