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 "municipality": "Langford",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://langford.ca",
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   "title": "Business Licence & Business Regulation Bylaw No. 216, 1997 – Consolidated",
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   "status": "adopted",
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   "summary": "Requires businesses operating in Langford to obtain a licence; sets conditions for business operation and regulation.",
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   "facts": {
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    "who_must_license": "Every person who owns or operates any business within the District",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\": Home Crafts $ 50.00; Inter-municipal $100.00; Commercial - Small $100.00; Commercial - Large $200.00; Non-Resident $100.00. Transfer fee $10.00",
    "renewal": "perpetual licences and shall not expire"
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    "who_must_license": "s. 2(b)",
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    "renewal": "s. 12"
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   "title": "Sign Bylaw No. 1250 – Consolidated",
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   "status": "adopted",
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   "document_url": "https://langford.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sign-Bylaw-1250-Consolidated-to-20260316.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates the installation, size, placement, and content of signs on properties and businesses in Langford.",
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    "who_must_license": "Persons erecting, placing, constructing, or altering signs",
    "fee": "$100 base fee... $70 per sign"
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    "licence_required": "s. 3(a)",
    "who_must_license": "s. 3(a)",
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}