{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000052",
 "municipality": "Houston",
 "status_type": "District Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.houston.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business Licence Bylaw No. 1220 (2025)",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://houston.civicweb.net/document/140920",
   "summary": "Requires and regulates business licences for businesses operating in the Village of Houston (2025).",
   "capture_sha256": "65666f132c9b68a1f26e2dbbac5283c033585c0fa9decaf2204852385a1ea5b7",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/65666f132c9b68a1f26e2dbbac5283c033585c0fa9decaf2204852385a1ea5b7.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Any person carrying on any business within the municipality, subject to specific exemptions listed in section 3.3.",
    "renewal": "Annual; valid for the year obtained, invoice sent before December 31 for following year."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "must not carry on any business withinthe municipality without a valid licence",
    "who_must_license": "must not carry on any business withinthe municipality without a valid licence; s. 3.3",
    "renewal": "s. 3.13; s. 3.15"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/houston/business-licensing/text-65666f132c9b/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/houston/business-licensing/"
}