{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Thames Centre, Ontario, business licences & permits rules are set by By-law No. 36-2025 Refreshment Vehicle By-law, verified 2026-10-23. A licence is required. Fee: $190 - Annual (January 1st to December 31st of each calendar year); $60 - 3-Day Period. Who must license: Operators of Refreshment Vehicles on municipal property; every owner of a Refreshment Vehicle must apply.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001786",
 "municipality": "Thames Centre",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-23",
 "official_website": "https://www.thamescentre.on.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 36-2025 Refreshment Vehicle By-law",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2025-05-12",
   "document_url": "https://media-001-ca.cdn.govstack.com/thamescentre-006-ca/media/pufofret/bylaw036-2025-refreshmentvehicles.pdf",
   "summary": "Municipality of Thames Centre by-law to licence, regulate and govern refreshment vehicles under Municipal Act Part IV.",
   "discovered_by": "on-bizlic",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-15",
   "capture_sha256": "2261b3a2b728c2cb5f4f4f7c19372a879c55db458e833b25dc6ec90e7ba2afa7",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T21:20:24+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "36-2025",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2261b3a2b728c2cb5f4f4f7c19372a879c55db458e833b25dc6ec90e7ba2afa7.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Operators of Refreshment Vehicles on municipal property; every owner of a Refreshment Vehicle must apply.",
    "fee": "$190 - Annual (January 1st to December 31st of each calendar year); $60 - 3-Day Period",
    "renewal": "from the first (1st) day of January to the thirty-first (31st) day of December of the year; or for a specified period of three (3) consecutive days, as indicated in the submitted application"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "s. 2.1",
    "who_must_license": "s. 2.1; s. 4.1",
    "fee": "Schedule \"A\"",
    "renewal": "s. 2.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/thames-centre/business-licensing/bylaw-36-2025/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/thames-centre/business-licensing/"
}