{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000220",
 "municipality": "Chestermere",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.chestermere.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 027-16 – Business License Bylaw",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2016-12-05",
   "document_url": "https://thecityofchestermere.ca/legislativeservices/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/2016-027-16-Business-License-Bylaw-1.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires licensing of all businesses operating in the City of Chestermere; first and second reading December 5, 2016.",
   "capture_sha256": "7ae96f44421276998a317bc3ce4ccd28cea18d8c50cd582161ebed2f59a6af2b",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7ae96f44421276998a317bc3ce4ccd28cea18d8c50cd582161ebed2f59a6af2b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Any Business or person Conducting Business within or partly within the City unless exempt under Section 5 or provincial/federal legislation.",
    "fee": "Schedule A: Commercial Premise $40.00 Annual, $150.00 After July 1; Major Home Business $100.00; Minor Home Business $50.00.",
    "renewal": "Valid from the date on which it was issued until 11:59 pm of December 31st that year"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4(a)",
    "who_must_license": "s. 4(a)",
    "fee": "Schedule A",
    "renewal": "s. 8(a)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/chestermere/business-licensing/text-7ae96f444212/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/chestermere/business-licensing/"
}