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 "municipality_id": "gx-026046",
 "municipality": "Woonsocket",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Rhode Island",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": null,
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Chapter 13 – Licenses and Permits",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://clerkshq.com/Content/Woonsocket-ri/books/code/woonc13.htm",
   "summary": "Business licensing chapter for the City of Woonsocket. Covers street vendors (Article II), general business licenses, peddlers, solicitors, auctioneers, junkyards, tobacco dealers, rooming houses, victualing houses, and liquor licenses. Fee schedule embedded in Sec. 13-3.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T01:09:19+00:00",
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   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/9aabef1ac307e2f6deb7ffbb885f15d60ddbff7a0f00aaff1c5caed481f1b6e7.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "licence_required": true,
    "who_must_license": "Persons conducting businesses listed in Sec. 13-3 fee schedule, street vendors, drainlayers, rooming houses, tattooists, barbers, tobacco dealers, short-term lenders.",
    "fee": "Varies per Sec. 13-3 table: Auction '$ 2.00 per day', Automobile Junkyard '100.00', Tobacco Product '75.00'.",
    "renewal": "Terms vary per Sec. 13-3 table ('1 year', '1 day'); Articles specify dates ('April 1', 'Dec. 1', 'March 31st')."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "licence_required": "Sec. 13-2. Required.",
    "who_must_license": "Sec. 13-3. Fee schedule.",
    "fee": "Sec. 13-3. Fee schedule.",
    "renewal": "Sec. 13-3. Fee schedule."
   },
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}