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 "answer": "The City of St. Catharines, Ontario has 2 adopted bylaws on file: Business Licensing By-law No. 2005-318; Sign By-law No. 2012-154, verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001766",
 "municipality": "St. Catharines",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
 "official_website": "http://www.stcatharines.ca",
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   "title": "Business Licensing By-law No. 2005-318",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://stcatharines.civicweb.net/document/2620/",
   "summary": "Regulates the issuance of business licences within the City of St. Catharines, covering trades such as hawkers/peddlers, amusement arcades, auctioneers, plumbers, theatres and restaurants.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
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   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1c62b07ff2401b336eaa023aa6949a574bc2258c7c8472eae1b41f2fe43f7c4b.pdf",
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  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Sign By-law No. 2012-154",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://stcatharines.civicweb.net/document/2783/",
   "summary": "Regulates the erection of signs and other advertising devices, including banner signs and home-based-business signs (amended by 2014-176, 2014-215, 2016-150); election-sign provisions added by 2025-023/024.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "608c7b49d18c8ddd9aedbb7e93a19dc4cd696ea3f012f9d805a24095220c8430",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/608c7b49d18c8ddd9aedbb7e93a19dc4cd696ea3f012f9d805a24095220c8430.pdf",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/st-catharines/business-licensing/"
}