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 "municipality": "Chilliwack",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
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 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.chilliwack.com/",
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   "title": "Business Licence Bylaw 1484 (C)",
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    "fee": "Schedule \"A\": $100.00 (Mobile/Home), $2,500.00 (Cannabis), $175.00 (Event), plus area/unit fees",
    "renewal": "annual, expires Dec 31"
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   "title": "Intermunicipal Business Licence Bylaw 5347",
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   "status": "adopted",
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    "who_must_license": "Mobile Business operators (trades, construction, maintenance/repair contractors, health care professionals visiting clients' homes).",
    "fee": "$250.00",
    "renewal": "same as the term for the Municipal Business Licence issued by the Principal Municipality for that Business category"
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   "summary": "Regulates the placement, size, and type of signs on properties and in public rights-of-way in Chilliwack.",
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    "fee": "Schedule 'B': Up to $1,000 of value $30.00; $1,000 and up in value $30.00 + $5.00/additional $1,000; Promotional Signs $25.00; Annual renewal fee for billboards only $30.00",
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}