{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000178",
 "municipality": "Bassano",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.bassano.ca",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business License Bylaw 932/23",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://bassano.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Business-License-Bylaw-932-23.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires businesses operating in Bassano to hold an annual licence; 2023 update clarifies licence term and renewal rules.",
   "capture_sha256": "2045fa6dfe72a663c89abc1927132cbe305b52138aae379637b8619573d27b84",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2045fa6dfe72a663c89abc1927132cbe305b52138aae379637b8619573d27b84.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "All businesses within Town limits except exempted professions, non-profits, students, garage sales, and rental properties.",
    "fee": "Resident $70.00; Non-Resident $120.00; doubles Feb 1; $75 penalty",
    "renewal": "Yearly, expires December 31"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4.1",
    "who_must_license": "s. 4.1; s. 4.3",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\"; Schedule \"D\"; s. 7.11",
    "renewal": "s. 11.4; s. 7.9; s. 5.3"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/bassano/business-licensing/text-2045fa6dfe72/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/bassano/business-licensing/"
}