{
 "answer": "In the Town of Hanover, Ontario, business licences & permits rules are set by By-law No. 3382-26 Licence, Regulate and Govern Mobile Food and Refreshment Vending and 1 other bylaw, verified 2026-10-19. A licence is required. Who must license: Operators of mobile refreshment vehicles or mobile refreshment stands within the Town. Renewal: Licences are valid from January to December of the current calendar year.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001545",
 "municipality": "Hanover",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
 "official_website": "http://www.hanover.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 3382-26 Licence, Regulate and Govern Mobile Food and Refreshment Vending",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2026-03-02",
   "document_url": "https://www.hanover.ca/media/2023",
   "summary": "Licenses mobile food and refreshment vending in Hanover (scanned PDF, OCR read).",
   "discovered_by": "on-bizlic",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "de096c14ba702bac6d2953f30718292e59ef80235b5d7ef12f2fdd3fce34a40b",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T21:20:24+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "3382-26",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/de096c14ba702bac6d2953f30718292e59ef80235b5d7ef12f2fdd3fce34a40b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Operators of mobile refreshment vehicles or mobile refreshment stands within the Town.",
    "fee": "Fee as set out within the Town’s current Rates, Fees and Charges by-law (as amended from time to time); exempt from application licence fee for charitable/non-profit, Town event/festival, restaurant on premises.",
    "renewal": "Licences are valid from January to December of the current calendar year."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 3.1",
    "who_must_license": "s. 3.1",
    "fee": "s. 2.5; s. 7",
    "renewal": "s. 2.10"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/hanover/business-licensing/bylaw-3382-26/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Taxi By-law No. 2832-13",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2013-11-18",
   "document_url": "https://www.hanover.ca/media/393",
   "summary": "Licenses brokers, owners and drivers of taxicabs and vehicles for hire in Hanover and sets fares; enacted with Hanover Police Services Board.",
   "discovered_by": "on-bizlic",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "55c2a63cded13707dd80bb54aee5c039de4aefa08d631df9080136f975cdd5ff",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T21:20:24+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2832-13",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/55c2a63cded13707dd80bb54aee5c039de4aefa08d631df9080136f975cdd5ff.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Taxi brokers, taxicab/limousine agent/owners, and taxicab/limousine drivers.",
    "fee": "Taxicab annual $200.00; additional taxicab $150.00; limousine annual $300.00; additional limousine $300.00; driver/agent one year $100.00; renewal driver (1 year) $100.00; taxi broker annual $500.00; replacement driver's licence $50.00; replacement tariff card $30.00.",
    "renewal": "Annual; all licences except taxicab driver's licences expire at midnight December 31st; taxicab driver's licence expires one year from date of issue and may be renewed for three years."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 6.5",
    "who_must_license": "s. 6.3, 6.4, 6.5",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "renewal": "s. 8.5, 8.6"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/hanover/business-licensing/bylaw-2832-13/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Hanover By-law Directory",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.hanover.ca/node/106?page=1",
   "summary": "Directory of Town by-laws including mobile food vending and taxi by-laws.",
   "discovered_by": "on-bizlic",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "dd4ae323a06104d8e9287cfc50509cfc383bbdb1be0dbecfa562697f5fa8687d",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/dd4ae323a06104d8e9287cfc50509cfc383bbdb1be0dbecfa562697f5fa8687d.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/hanover/noise/bylaw-3067-19/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/hanover/business-licensing/"
}