{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000156",
 "municipality": "West Vancouver",
 "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://westvancouver.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
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   "title": "Business Licence Bylaw No. 4455, 2005 (consolidated to Amendment 5329, 2024)",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2005-01-01",
   "document_url": "https://westvancouver.ca/sites/default/files/media/documents/4455%20BUSINESS%20LICENCE%20BYLAW%204455%202005%20CONSOLIDATED%20TO%20BYLAW%205329%202024.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires business licences for businesses operating in West Vancouver including home-based businesses; amended to incorporate STR licensing requirements (Amendment 5419, 2026).",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T06:16:30+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d12905326a6228bca113c4335a29788e38d9319d4050713c5656596d87663985.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "all businesses operating within the District of West Vancouver",
    "fee": "per Fees and Charges Bylaw 5025, 2019 Schedule A (e.g. B&B $112/guest room; Contractor 1–2 employees $105; Professional 1–2 employees $211)",
    "renewal": "annual January 1–December 31"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s.5.1.1",
    "who_must_license": "s.5.1.1",
    "fee": "s.5.2.1, Schedule A",
    "renewal": "s.5.4.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/west-vancouver/business-licensing/text-d12905326a62/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/west-vancouver/business-licensing/"
}