{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000343",
 "municipality": "McLennan",
 "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.mclennan.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business License Bylaw",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://mclennan.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Business-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires businesses operating in McLennan to obtain a municipal business licence, setting application, fee, and renewal conditions.",
   "capture_sha256": "18193469a79f3e960ea95628b33653ba2f1d128dcca4c286572059242e023baa",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/18193469a79f3e960ea95628b33653ba2f1d128dcca4c286572059242e023baa.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Any person operating any business within the Town of McLennan, unless specifically exempted by law.",
    "fee": "Schedule \"B\": Hawker/Peddler $30.0-$420.00, Others $100.00-$120.Ø0. By-law 98-01: $100.ØØ yearly, Peddlars $35.ØØ/day or $10Ø.ØØ/year.",
    "renewal": "Annual, expires midnight Dec 31, renewed by Jan 31"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "REQUIREMENT OF A BUSINESS LICENSE (a)",
    "who_must_license": "REQUIREMENT OF A BUSINESS LICENSE (a)",
    "fee": "Schedule \"B\"; AMENDING BY-LAW 98-Ø1 RATES",
    "renewal": "LICENSE APPLICATIONS (b); 7(e)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/mclennan/business-licensing/text-18193469a79f/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/mclennan/business-licensing/"
}