{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario, fees & rates rules are set by By-law 159-2025 - User Fees for 2026, verified 2026-10-28. Effective date: January 1, 2026.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001465",
 "municipality": "Chatham-Kent",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fees_rates",
 "label": "Fees & rates",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-28",
 "official_website": "https://www.chatham-kent.ca/Pages/default.aspx",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 159-2025 - User Fees for 2026",
   "category": "fees_rates",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-12-15",
   "document_url": "https://www.chatham-kent.ca/localgovernment/bylaws/Documents/159-2025%20-%20User%20Fee%20By-law%202026.pdf",
   "summary": "Municipality of Chatham-Kent by-law establishing certain user fees for 2026 under Municipal Act s.391 and Planning Act s.69; includes admin, arts and culture venue and other fee tables.",
   "discovered_by": "on-fees",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "580217383d520180875649325fef95560bb2aabf63d5692f1867a5eb5c751ca5",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T15:18:04+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "159-2025",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/580217383d520180875649325fef95560bb2aabf63d5692f1867a5eb5c751ca5.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "schedule_scope": "Municipality of Chatham-Kent 2026 user fees covering arts and culture, licensing, building permits, planning, fire services, parks, transit, cemeteries, and police",
    "notable_fees": "dog licence (neutered/spayed) $30.50; building permit min. $90.00; new residential permit $0.28/sq ft; urban transit cash fare $2.75/ride; open burn permit $24.00; parking meter $1.00/hr",
    "effective_date": "January 1, 2026"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "schedule_scope": "Schedule \"A\" (s. 1: \"tariff of fees and charges for the services as set out in Schedule \\\"A\\\"\")",
    "notable_fees": "Schedule \"A\", Items 188, 267, 284, 430, 401, 795",
    "effective_date": "This By-law shall come into full force on January 1st"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/chatham-kent/fees/bylaw-159-2025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/chatham-kent/fees/"
}