{
 "answer": "In the District Municipality of Esquimalt, British Columbia, fees & rates rules are set by Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous) Bylaw, 2019, No. 2961 (consolidated Feb 2025), verified 2026-10-26. Schedule scope: General fees and charges, finance, development services, engineering, and fire department fees and charges.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000036",
 "municipality": "Esquimalt",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fees_rates",
 "label": "Fees & rates",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "http://www.esquimalt.ca/",
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   "title": "Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous) Bylaw, 2019, No. 2961 (consolidated Feb 2025)",
   "category": "fees_rates",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2019-06-10",
   "document_url": "https://esquimalt.ca/media/file/2025-02-03-fees-and-charges-miscellaneous-bylaw-2019-consolidationpdf",
   "summary": "Esquimalt miscellaneous fees (consolidated February 2025): records search staff time $10 per 15 minutes after the first 30 minutes; documents on a memory stick $10; EV charging $1/hour; new liquor licence application $500; tax notice for a non-owner $10; returned cheque $20.",
   "discovered_by": "fees-ca",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-23",
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   "document_number": "2961",
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   "facts": {
    "schedule_scope": "General fees and charges, finance, development services, engineering, and fire department fees and charges",
    "notable_fees": "EV charging $1.00/hour; grayscale photocopy $0.50 per single-sided 8.5 X 11; new liquor licence application $500; staff time $10.00 per 15 minutes after first 30 minutes"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "schedule_scope": "Section 2",
    "notable_fees": "Schedule \"A\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/esquimalt/fees/bylaw-2961/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Esquimalt Business Licence Fees page",
   "category": "fees_rates",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.esquimalt.ca/business-development/business-licences/business-licence-fees",
   "summary": "Web page listing business licence fees (separate from the miscellaneous fees bylaw).",
   "discovered_by": "fees-ca",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-23",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-23T15:16:33+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
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   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/esquimalt/fees/esquimalt-business-licence-fees-page/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Esquimalt Bylaws index",
   "category": "fees_rates",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.esquimalt.ca/government-bylaws/bylaws-enforcement/bylaws",
   "summary": "Township bylaw listing.",
   "discovered_by": "fees-ca",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-23",
   "capture_sha256": "444b5637422ff054e4daf63202a53a33e6a14833e8e37948ea520782faf2cc34",
   "captured_at": "2026-09-25T00:11:56+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "capture_backfilled_from_sibling": true,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/444b5637422ff054e4daf63202a53a33e6a14833e8e37948ea520782faf2cc34.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/esquimalt/parking-snow/bylaws-index/",
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  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/esquimalt/fees/"
}