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 "municipality_id": "gx-003132",
 "municipality": "Chester",
 "status_type": "District municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "short_term_rental",
 "label": "Short-term rentals",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.chesterareans.ca/",
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   "title": "Short-Term Rental Licensing By-Law No. 158",
   "category": "short_term_rental",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://portal.laserfiche.ca/Portal/DocView.aspx?id=1693189&repo=r-0001f4a08362",
   "summary": "All STR accommodations require a licence; no application fee; proof of $2,000,000 liability insurance required; valid occupancy permit and no open work orders required; each property needs its own licence.",
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   "is_official": true,
   "title": "STR Licence — information page",
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   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://chester.ca/short-term-rental-str-licence",
   "summary": "Municipal STR licensing information page explaining application requirements, insurance, occupancy permit, and per-property licence rules. Links to By-law 158 document.",
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}