{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003135",
 "municipality": "Colchester",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.colchester.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Vendors By-law – Chapter 12",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.colchester.ca/1604-vendors-by-law-chapter-12-april-2016/file",
   "summary": "Governs vendors operating within the Municipality of Colchester, covering peddler and vendor permits. Dated April 2016.",
   "capture_sha256": "7615a38413d1d740c33db894f9df9a1d2ab2c2c1a56ce84c3486a65fa7539f7b",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T01:09:19+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7615a38413d1d740c33db894f9df9a1d2ab2c2c1a56ce84c3486a65fa7539f7b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Any person who sells food, beverages, goods or amusements on Municipal lands",
    "fee": "[Mobile Food Service - $250.00] [Any other Vending Unit - $125.00]",
    "renewal": "temporary (seasonal) uses from April 1st to November 1st, on an annual basis"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 5",
    "who_must_license": "s. 3 \"Vendor\"",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "renewal": "s. 6(2)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/colchester/business-licensing/text-7615a38413d1/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/colchester/business-licensing/"
}