{
 "answer": "The City of Vernon, British Columbia has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Good Neighbour Bylaw #4980, verified 2026-10-26.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-000150",
 "municipality": "Vernon",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-26",
 "official_website": "https://vernon.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Good Neighbour Bylaw #4980",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2005-11-14",
   "document_url": "https://vernon.ca/sites/default/files/docs/bylaws/good_neighbour_bylaw_4980.pdf",
   "summary": "Part V Property Maintenance: owners must not allow rubbish accumulation, overflowing containers, unsightly property, dead vegetation or noxious weeds, or construction waste (s.5.3); sidewalk rubbish removed within 24 h; compliance order (14 days), then City does the work and adds the cost to the tax roll (ss.5.8-5.13). Also Part IV noise and Part VI nuisance smoke.",
   "discovered_by": "refile1026",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-26",
   "capture_sha256": "f6aa4012ba22a0edd04a6576b07075e466c5cb25148040006d5b63d44ff84539",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-15T04:50:23+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "notes": "Refile candidate from noise (content scan 24 hits)",
   "document_number": "4980",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f6aa4012ba22a0edd04a6576b07075e466c5cb25148040006d5b63d44ff84539.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "No owner/occupier shall permit water, rubbish, noxious/offensive/unwholesome matter to collect; rubbish overflow; property to become/remain unsightly; dead vegetation/noxious weeds; construction/demolition/trade waste accumulation.",
    "enforcement": "Bylaw Enforcement Officer may issue compliance order; if owner fails, City may enter and bring compliance at owner's cost, recoverable as debt or added to property taxes."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 5.3(a)-(e)",
    "enforcement": "s. 5.8; s. 5.12; s. 5.13"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/bc/vernon/noise/bylaw-4980/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/bc/vernon/property-maintenance/"
}