{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000125",
 "municipality": "Sechelt",
 "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.sechelt.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business Licence Bylaw No. 520, 2012 (Consolidated)",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2012-01-01",
   "document_url": "https://www.sechelt.ca/en/PublicDocumentLibrary/Bylaw/520,-2012-Business-Licence-Bylaw-CONSOLIDATION.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires and regulates business licences for all businesses operating within the District of Sechelt; includes short-term rental business licence requirements.",
   "capture_sha256": "2e05b00992ea9ecf419893203ad402b99fcb42d51ac761071a1e60f98d10c96b",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T06:16:30+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2e05b00992ea9ecf419893203ad402b99fcb42d51ac761071a1e60f98d10c96b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "all persons carrying on business within the District of Sechelt",
    "fee": "Basic business licence $150.00; STR Type 1 (Principal Residence) $500.00; STR Type 2 (Self-Contained Suite) $900.00; STR one-time application fee $200.00 — per Fees and Charges Bylaw 575-2019",
    "renewal": "annual January 1 to December 31"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s.3.1 No person shall carry on business without a business licence",
    "who_must_license": "s.3.1 all persons carrying on business within the District",
    "fee": "Schedule B — STR licence types; fees per Fees and Charges Bylaw 575-2019",
    "renewal": "annual January 1 to December 31"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/sechelt/business-licensing/text-2e05b00992ea/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/sechelt/business-licensing/"
}