{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000368",
 "municipality": "Municipal District of Willow Creek No. 26",
 "status_type": "Municipal District",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.mdwillowcreek.com",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business Licence Bylaw No. 1603",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://mdwillowcreek.com/uploads/dm/Public/DownloadFile/?fileid=18959",
   "summary": "Requires all businesses operating within the Municipal District of Willow Creek to obtain a valid business licence; sets out licensing requirements and conditions.",
   "capture_sha256": "4777ed9422844a36e6a446c1ba4d5389c333966de8d71c613bfd00874e10dc47",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4777ed9422844a36e6a446c1ba4d5389c333966de8d71c613bfd00874e10dc47.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Any person carrying on business, calling, trade or occupation within the Municipal District, subject to Section 9 exemptions.",
    "fee": "Per Schedule \"A\"; varies by class/residency (e.g. $25.00 residents, $50.00 non-residents); half fee after July 1.",
    "renewal": "Annual; terminates at midnight on the 31st day of December of the year issued."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 7",
    "who_must_license": "s. 7; s. 9",
    "fee": "license fee prescribed in Schedule \"A\" of this bylaw.",
    "renewal": "s. 18"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/municipal-district-of-willow-creek-no-26/business-licensing/text-4777ed942284/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/municipal-district-of-willow-creek-no-26/business-licensing/"
}