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 "answer": "The Village of Empress, Alberta has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Village of Empress Land Use Bylaw 2025-01, verified 2026-10-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000271",
 "municipality": "Empress",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "short_term_rental",
 "label": "Short-term rentals",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-22",
 "official_website": "https://www.villageofempress.com",
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   "title": "Village of Empress Land Use Bylaw 2025-01",
   "category": "short_term_rental",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-06-18",
   "document_url": "https://villageofempress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Empress-LUB-2025-01-Adopted-June-18-2025.pdf",
   "summary": "Village of Empress Land Use Bylaw 2025-01, s.10.8: a short-term rental of a dwelling needs a development permit, valid up to 5 years, and may run year-round. Permitted in the General Village (G) district and discretionary in the Residential (R) district, where it must not disturb neighbours' quiet enjoyment.",
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   "discovered_at": "2026-09-27",
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   "captured_at": "2026-09-28T02:25:40+00:00",
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   "document_number": "2025-01",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1194c454ef7d3ceb0116d052d7bae4540d136bf405340a3f6cd39526d845ddcf.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/empress/fences/bylaw-2025-01/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
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   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Village of Empress bylaws index",
   "category": "short_term_rental",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://villageofempress.com/council/bylaws/",
   "summary": "",
   "discovered_by": "onab-str",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-22",
   "capture_sha256": "bc8d839686ea2990bd5b9bf49858ab7ed335369f47b4fbe91780f4adf021ebb1",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-23T02:55:32+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/bc8d839686ea2990bd5b9bf49858ab7ed335369f47b4fbe91780f4adf021ebb1.html",
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   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/empress/short-term-rentals/village-of-empress-bylaws-index/",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/empress/short-term-rentals/"
}