{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000150",
 "municipality": "Vernon",
 "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://vernon.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Business Licence Bylaw #6100",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://vernon.ca/sites/default/files/docs/bylaws/6100%20Business%20Licence%20Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires and regulates business licences for commercial operations within the City of Vernon.",
   "capture_sha256": "c01513e048ddde6be0fa19bcb9e4ce2bb1a30c114cf04ec1bb63416dbd9b4d74",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T05:38:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/c01513e048ddde6be0fa19bcb9e4ce2bb1a30c114cf04ec1bb63416dbd9b4d74.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Person carrying on, maintaining, owning, or operating a Business within the City, unless exempt",
    "fee": "Fee as described in Fees and Charges Fees Bylaw No. 3909; $1.00 per year for Non-Profit Society; 50% reduction after July 1",
    "renewal": "one-year, commencing on the 1st day of January and terminating on the 31st day of December"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "4.1",
    "who_must_license": "4.1",
    "fee": "3.3; 4.7; 4.17",
    "renewal": "4.19"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/vernon/business-licensing/text-c01513e048dd/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/vernon/business-licensing/"
}