{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000222",
 "municipality": "Claresholm",
 "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.townofclaresholm.com",
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   "title": "Business License Bylaw #1615 (consolidated to Bylaw 1742)",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2016-08-22",
   "document_url": "https://www.claresholm.ca/public/download/files/325204",
   "summary": "Provides for licensing and regulation of businesses in Claresholm; amended and consolidated by Bylaw 1742 in July 2022.",
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   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "All businesses operating within the Town, unless exempted (e.g., charities, minors, farmers market vendors).",
    "fee": "$50.00 per business unless otherwise provided; variants in Schedule \"A\"",
    "renewal": "Annual, expires 31st day of December; renewal by 1st of March"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4.0(1)(a)",
    "who_must_license": "s. 9.0(2); s. 5.0",
    "fee": "s. 9.0(2); Schedule \"A\"",
    "renewal": "s. 4.0(6); s. 4.0(8)"
   },
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}