{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000271",
 "municipality": "Empress",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Alberta",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.villageofempress.com",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Community Standards Bylaw 2025 12",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://villageofempress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Community-Standards-Bylaw-2025-12.pdf",
   "summary": "Establishes community standards for property maintenance and unsightly premises in the Village of Empress.",
   "capture_sha256": "2e17655199fc6fc7241702e5de736a0133ad9771a9af92cc25bc9d5311c0c83a",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T18:48:41+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2e17655199fc6fc7241702e5de736a0133ad9771a9af92cc25bc9d5311c0c83a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Owners shall not allow Unsightly Property, including failure to cut grass, repair buildings, accumulation of materials, derelict vehicles, rubbish, hazardous excavations, pests, or visible graffiti.",
    "enforcement": "Officer may issue warning notice or Enforcement Order requiring remediation; non-compliance is an offence liable to fines up to $10,000.00 and 12 months imprisonment."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2.01(r); s. 3.01",
    "enforcement": "s. 5.02; s. 5.03; s. 12.01"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ab/empress/property-maintenance/text-2e17655199fc/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ab/empress/property-maintenance/"
}