{
 "municipality_id": "gx-000002",
 "municipality": "Abbotsford",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://www.abbotsford.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Good Neighbour Bylaw, 2003 No. 1256-2003",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2003-08-25",
   "document_url": "https://laws.abbotsford.ca/civix/document/id/coa/coabylaws/2024bylaw3068",
   "summary": "Regulates street nuisances, littering, graffiti, property maintenance and unsightly premises. Prohibits derelict vehicles, accumulation of rubbish, and overgrown vegetation above 250 mm.",
   "capture_sha256": "84d8335bd20e5fed3be820a1791c49167c9236992667b4976e20b64138867474",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-08T06:16:30+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/84d8335bd20e5fed3be820a1791c49167c9236992667b4976e20b64138867474.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "discarded materials stored outside; inoperable vehicles on landscaped area or dismantled vehicles; accumulation of building materials for more than 15 days without a building permit; uncontrolled/unmanaged vegetation; graffiti visible from public place; grass or weeds over 10 inches in height; noxious weeds; building or structure in disrepair; unsafe, rotting or leaning fences adjacent to a street",
    "enforcement": "compliance order issued; City may enter and carry out required work at defaulter's expense; costs recovered as debt or added to property tax roll"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "ss.7, 8 — Unsightly Premises Prohibitions",
    "enforcement": "ss.24, 25, 28 — Remedial Action and Cost Recovery"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/abbotsford/property-maintenance/text-84d8335bd20e/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/abbotsford/property-maintenance/"
}