{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000329",
 "municipality": "Lethbridge",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.lethbridge.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business Licence Bylaw 5658",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2010-08-03",
   "document_url": "https://www.lethbridge.ca/media/hapfptjo/business-license-bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires all businesses providing goods or services in Lethbridge to hold a valid business licence. In force January 1, 2011; consolidated November 16, 2020.",
   "capture_sha256": "ae2ee8224bf4779e0fbeb318b4e3374d1dd65a63dcf700fabd50ab0ed2c6b9fe",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/ae2ee8224bf4779e0fbeb318b4e3374d1dd65a63dcf700fabd50ab0ed2c6b9fe.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Any person operating a business within the City, excluding public educational/institutional uses and Provincial exemptions.",
    "fee": "Annual fee per Schedules A-P; e.g. Schedule A $193.00-$774.00; one-half fee if issued after June 30",
    "renewal": "Annual, terminates midnight December 31 of the year issued"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3.01",
    "who_must_license": "s. 3.01; s. 3.02; s. 4.12",
    "fee": "s. 4.10; s. 4.11(1); Schedules A-P",
    "renewal": "s. 4.07; s. 4.10"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/lethbridge/business-licensing/text-ae2ee8224bf4/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/lethbridge/business-licensing/"
}