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 "municipality_id": "gx-000391",
 "municipality": "Pincher Creek",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
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 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "http://www.pinchercreek.ca",
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   "title": "Business License Bylaw (1550-11)",
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   "document_url": "https://pinchercreek.ca/bylaw_files/Bylaws/Business%20License%20Bylaw%20%281550-11%29.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires businesses operating within Pincher Creek to obtain a municipal business licence.",
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   "facts": {
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    "who_must_license": "All businesses operating within the Corporate limits of the Town of Pincher Creek unless exempted",
    "fee": "Schedule 'A': Resident New Yearly $125 Weekly $ 50; Renewal Yearly $125.00/$150.00; Home Occupation Yearly $125; Mall Yearly $1,200; Non-Resident Yearly $325 Weekly $165; ASWRA Yearly $ 80; Garage Sales $10 per sale; Transfer/Change $10 per transaction",
    "renewal": "Annual, terminates at midnight on the 31st day of December"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "Part 4, 6",
    "who_must_license": "Part 4, 10",
    "fee": "Schedule 'A'",
    "renewal": "19(a)"
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Sign Bylaw (1536A-09)",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://pinchercreek.ca/bylaw_files/Bylaws/Sign%20Bylaw%20%281536A-09%29.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates the placement, size, type, and licensing of signs on properties within Pincher Creek.",
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    "who_must_license": "No one shall erect, place, alter, commence, or replace an existing sign development without a permit",
    "fee": "$75.00 (Permitted), $150.00 (Discretionary), $450.00 (Tourist Services Panel)",
    "renewal": "one year, may be renewed on an annual basis"
   },
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    "licence_required": "s. 50",
    "who_must_license": "s. 50",
    "fee": "Schedule C; 'Individual Sign Panels (Tourist Services... $450.00'",
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}