{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003122",
 "municipality": "Amherst",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.amherst.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Mobile Vending on Town Property Bylaw (C-10)",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-04-24",
   "document_url": "https://www.amherst.ca/government/bylaws/5255-c-10-mobile-vending-on-town-property-bylaw/file.html",
   "summary": "Requires a permit to vend on Amherst public streets, sidewalks, parking areas, or parks; sets conduct rules for mobile canteens and stationary stands; exempts approved fundraisers with police permission.",
   "capture_sha256": "69aae52879d4d0f5f6ed16fb978176790ceeacf2a0ca04a312479c41fba12f76",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T01:09:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/69aae52879d4d0f5f6ed16fb978176790ceeacf2a0ca04a312479c41fba12f76.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Persons vending on public street, sidewalk, public parking area or park in Town of Amherst",
    "fee": "2 hundred dollars ($200.00)",
    "renewal": "expire on December 31 of the given year"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 2",
    "who_must_license": "s. 2",
    "fee": "non-refundable application fee of 2 hundred dollars",
    "renewal": "s. 8(e)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/amherst/business-licensing/text-69aae52879d4/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Transient Automobile Vendors Bylaw (P-6)",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-12-18",
   "document_url": "https://www.amherst.ca/government/bylaws/5524-p-6-transient-automobile-vendors-bylaw/file.html",
   "summary": "Requires a transient automobile vendor licence for persons buying/selling motor vehicles in Amherst on a transient basis; sets application, display, and compliance requirements under the Municipal Government Act.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T01:09:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/d79aeccae3cbf0d3054efbfe6cb65b77a7bd7425fb29078e7fb8d501a330c3ae.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "All Transient Automobile Vendors (Dealers selling Motorized Vehicles without a Principle Place of Business in the Town)",
    "fee": "Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per day, except for Dealers selling motor homes, RVs and/or recreational travel trailers, for which the fee for the license shall be One thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per day",
    "renewal": "A License is renewable upon application and payment of the required fee."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 4(1)",
    "who_must_license": "s. 4(1); s. 3(m)",
    "fee": "s. 6(1)",
    "renewal": "s. 5(2)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/amherst/business-licensing/text-d79aeccae3cb/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/amherst/business-licensing/"
}