{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003304",
 "municipality": "Flatrock",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Newfoundland and Labrador",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://townofflatrock.com/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Town of Flatrock Fence Regulations 2018",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2018-09-24",
   "document_url": "https://townofflatrock.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Fence-Regulations-2018.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires council permit before erecting or repairing any fence. Maximum height 1.8 m. Fences must be maintained in good repair without unsightly or hazardous components. No barbed wire or electrical fences.",
   "capture_sha256": "ae2147c9ad5fe8c91d56a60a8bc60154c787b43db6940ec84735c2bf4782a61e",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-06T14:18:25+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/ae2147c9ad5fe8c91d56a60a8bc60154c787b43db6940ec84735c2bf4782a61e.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Every fence owner shall maintain the fence in good repair: components not broken, rusted, rotten or hazardous; fence shall not present an unsightly appearance deleterious to abutting land or the neighbourhood",
    "enforcement": "All fences erected on any street reservation within the town may be removed by council at the owners' expense",
    "fine_range": "a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or in default of payment imprisonment not exceeding ninety days"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 6",
    "enforcement": "s. 11",
    "fine_range": "s. 12"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nl/flatrock/property-maintenance/text-ae2147c9ad5f/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nl/flatrock/property-maintenance/"
}