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 "municipality_id": "gx-000094",
 "municipality": "Oak Bay",
 "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.oakbay.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business Licence Bylaw 3603",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.oakbay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/3603-Business-Licence-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires and regulates business licences for commercial operations within the District of Oak Bay.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "every person owning or operating any business within the Municipality including commercial, home-based, non-resident, direct sellers, and short-term rentals",
    "fee": "Home Based Business $50.00; Short-Term Rental $100.00; Commercial 0–1,000 sq ft minimum $100.00; maximum $2,000.00",
    "renewal": "annual; commences January 1, terminates December 31; half fee if business commences after June 30",
    "fine_range": "not less than $200.00 and not more than $10,000.00"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s.2",
    "who_must_license": "s.2, s.4(9)",
    "fee": "Table 4A, Table 4C, Table 1A, Table 1B",
    "renewal": "s.4(2)",
    "fine_range": "s.11"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/oak-bay/business-licensing/text-e50a0428e509/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Sign Bylaw 3946",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.oakbay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/3946-Sign-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates the size, placement, and type of signs on properties and businesses in the District of Oak Bay.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "persons attaching, suspending, erecting, altering, rebuilding, enlarging or relocating a sign, except home identification, address, real estate, and political signs",
    "fee": "prescribed in the Building, Planning and Development Fees and Charges Bylaw (as amended by Bylaw 4845)",
    "fine_range": "not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s.2(1)",
    "who_must_license": "s.2(1), s.2(3)",
    "fee": "s.2(2)",
    "fine_range": "s.15(6)"
   },
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/oak-bay/business-licensing/"
}