{
 "answer": "The Island Municipality of Bowen Island, British Columbia has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Real Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 174, 2006, verified 2026-10-26.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000009",
 "municipality": "Bowen Island",
 "status_type": "Island Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://www.bowenislandmunicipality.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Real Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 174, 2006",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2006-06-12",
   "document_url": "https://bowenisland.civicweb.net/document/44606",
   "summary": "Prohibits unsightly real property: rubbish accumulations, scattered materials, more than one unlicensed inoperable vehicle, auto parts, idle construction materials, graffiti; notice to clean up, Municipality may do work at owner's cost; $100-$500 violation notices.",
   "discovered_by": "bc-wastemaint",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-26",
   "capture_sha256": "15253498697f4a2aeae02a1d13cb968daaa2776ca9baa22661919df44aec2374",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-26T04:19:57+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "174",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/15253498697f4a2aeae02a1d13cb968daaa2776ca9baa22661919df44aec2374.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Maintain property to avert health/safety risk and prevent unsightly conditions, including rubbish, strewn materials, unlicensed inoperable vehicles, automotive parts, construction materials, compost/manure, outdoor furniture, landscaping materials, dilapidated fences, graffiti.",
    "enforcement": "Upon order by an officer, owner/occupier/agent must remove accumulations; if they fail, Municipality may enter and effect removal at the expense of the defaulting owner, occupier or agent, with unpaid charges added to taxes."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2 (\"Unsightly\") and s. 3",
    "enforcement": "s. 4 and s. 5"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/bowen-island/property-maintenance/bylaw-174/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/bowen-island/property-maintenance/"
}