{
 "answer": "In the Township of Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Ontario, fees & rates rules are set by By-law 23-2176 Fees for Services or Use of Property, verified 2026-10-18. Schedule scope: User fees, charges and rents in Schedules A-J for services, activities, costs payable, and use of Township property. Effective date: January 1, 2024; Schedule \"B\" August 19, 2025; Schedule \"I\" March 1, 2025.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001610",
 "municipality": "Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "fees_rates",
 "label": "Fees & rates",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
 "official_website": "https://echobay.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 23-2176 Fees for Services or Use of Property",
   "category": "fees_rates",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-11-21",
   "document_url": "http://echobay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/By-Law-23-2176-Fees-for-Services-or-Use-of-Property-Final.pdf",
   "summary": "User fees by-law of the Township of Macdonald, Meredith & Aberdeen Additional (Echo Bay) covering services, planning, building and rentals; posted Oct 2025 with amendments.",
   "discovered_by": "on-fees",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "2a04256cef1fd2a65bb2b4e959363e843de162a932632fedc269dc1cd950ae0b",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T22:27:50+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "23-2176",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2a04256cef1fd2a65bb2b4e959363e843de162a932632fedc269dc1cd950ae0b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "schedule_scope": "User fees, charges and rents in Schedules A-J for services, activities, costs payable, and use of Township property.",
    "notable_fees": "dog license spayed/neutered $5.00, non-spayed/neutered $15.00; building permit $25.00 plus $5.00 per $1,000.00; water base rate $42.20/month; sewer base $26.75/month.",
    "effective_date": "January 1, 2024; Schedule \"B\" August 19, 2025; Schedule \"I\" March 1, 2025"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "schedule_scope": "s. 1",
    "notable_fees": "Schedule \"D\"; Schedule \"G\"; Schedule \"J\"",
    "effective_date": "s. 10; Schedule \"B\"; Schedule \"I\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/macdonald-meredith-and-aberdeen-additional/fees/bylaw-23-2176/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/macdonald-meredith-and-aberdeen-additional/fees/"
}