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The PDF is laid out as two-page spreads, so text lines interleave columns."},"source_url":"https://castlegar.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Consolidated.Branded.Bylaw_.1428-Zoning-Bylaw.pdf#page=33","place":{"path":"ca/bc/castlegar","name":"Castlegar","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/castlegar/zoning/m1/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/castlegar/zoning/m1.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/castlegar/zoning/m1.json","index":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/castlegar/zoning/index.json"}}