{
 "answer": "The Town of Hardwick, Vermont has 2 adopted ordinances on file: Town of Hardwick Parklet Ordinance; Town of Hardwick Public Assemblies Ordinance, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028547",
 "municipality": "Hardwick",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "business_licensing",
 "label": "Business licences & permits",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": null,
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Hardwick Parklet Ordinance",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://hardwickvt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Final-Parklet-Ordinance-2019-signed.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates Selectboard approval and operation of parklets (curbside-parking-space seating platforms) within street/highway rights-of-way for public, private, civic or commercial use. Filename indicates 2019; exact signature date not captured.",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Hardwick Public Assemblies Ordinance",
   "category": "business_licensing",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1998-11-18",
   "document_url": "https://hardwickvt.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Public-Assembly-Ordinance-1999.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires a police-chief-issued permit for public assemblies over a size threshold, with site/sanitation/fire-safety requirements. \"Adopted: November 18, 1998, Revised: January 17, 1999.\"",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/hardwick/business-licensing/"
}