{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000334",
 "municipality": "Longview",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.village.longview.ab.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Bylaw 417-18 — Business License",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://village.longview.ab.ca/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Bylaw-417-18-Business-License.pdf",
   "summary": "Establishes business licensing requirements and fees for businesses operating in the Village of Longview.",
   "capture_sha256": "a4ccf9bea837b5e4a2edf99e67977bbba2251ed64b68e5e4dba3558f784701d4",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a4ccf9bea837b5e4a2edf99e67977bbba2251ed64b68e5e4dba3558f784701d4.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "All persons carrying on any business within or partly within the Village; classified as Resident, Home Occupation, or Non-Resident",
    "fee": "Set by Village Fees and Fines Bylaw; half annual fee available if business applies after July 1; 10% late penalty if not renewed by February 1",
    "renewal": "Annual; term January 1 to December 31; renewal fees due on or about January 1"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "\"No person shall within, or partly within, the limits of the Village carry on, or be engaged in, any business, unless that person or their agent, has acquired and holds a valid license\"",
    "who_must_license": "\"No person shall within, or partly within, the limits of the Village carry on, or be engaged in, any business\"",
    "fee": "\"shall pay a license fee as per the Rates set out in the Village Fees and Fines Bylaw\"",
    "renewal": "\"The term of license issued under this Bylaw is for one year from January 1 to December 31\"; \"Business license renewal fees are due on or about January 1\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/longview/business-licensing/text-a4ccf9bea837/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/longview/business-licensing/"
}