{
 "answer": "The Village of Sayward, British Columbia has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Public Nuisance Bylaw No. 502, 2023, verified 2026-10-26.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000124",
 "municipality": "Sayward",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://www.sayward.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Public Nuisance Bylaw No. 502, 2023",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2023-06-06",
   "document_url": "https://www.sayward.ca/sites/sayward.ca/files/2023-06/Bylaw%20502%20-%20Public%20Nuisance.pdf",
   "summary": "Part 7 Property Maintenance: owners must not let property become unsightly or accumulate rubbish, discarded materials or unlicensed/inoperable vehicles (s.7.13); ground cover max 30 cm, noxious weeds cleared (s.7.14); vacant buildings kept up; on default the Village does the work at owner's cost, added to taxes (ss.7.19-7.21). Part 6 regulates noise.",
   "discovered_by": "refile1026",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-26",
   "capture_sha256": "0472b1809565bc9b31f28a025f8d8e6ba759523c9917c0db170cde7872745218",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T04:50:23+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "notes": "Refile candidate from noise (content scan 10 hits)",
   "document_number": "502",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0472b1809565bc9b31f28a025f8d8e6ba759523c9917c0db170cde7872745218.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "No Owner or Occupier shall permit Real Property to become or remain unsightly or permit water, rubbish, Discarded Materials or noxious, offensive, or unwholesome matter to collect or accumulate.",
    "enforcement": "Council may declare compliance required within a specified time; if not met, Village may enter and affect compliance at the defaulting Owner's cost, recoverable as debt or added to tax roll."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 7.13",
    "enforcement": "s. 7.19–7.21"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/sayward/noise/bylaw-502/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/sayward/property-maintenance/"
}