{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003141",
 "municipality": "Halifax",
 "status_type": "Regional municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.halifax.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law D-300 Respecting Derelict Buildings",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2007-06-12",
   "document_url": "https://www.halifax.ca/sites/default/files/documents/city-hall/legislation-by-laws/By-lawD-300.pdf",
   "summary": "Allows HRM to order demolition of vacant, neglected, dilapidated buildings. Complements the Dangerous and Unsightly Premises provisions of the HRM Charter (Part XV). Done and passed in Council June 12, 2007; amended 2012.",
   "capture_sha256": "1c32ae9245aba2d8fcba56837ec46d2d01a6e8696f804c8f8480e154acb9dec0",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1c32ae9245aba2d8fcba56837ec46d2d01a6e8696f804c8f8480e154acb9dec0.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Derelict building = vacant, neglected, poorly maintained, unsuitable for occupancy; ruinous/dilapidated, depreciates value, allurement to children, health/safety/fire hazard, or unsightly exterior",
    "enforcement": "Municipality may order owner within 120 days to make habitable or demolish; may secure building and enter to do work, costs collected as first lien",
    "fine_range": "$1,000-$10,000 (each day after 120-day period a fresh offence)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2(d)",
    "enforcement": "s. 3; s. 6; s. 8; s. 9",
    "fine_range": "s. 13(1)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/halifax/property-maintenance/text-1c32ae9245ab/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dangerous or Unsightly Properties information page",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "other",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/legislation-by-laws/by-law-standards/dangerous-or-unsightly-properties",
   "summary": "Explains enforcement of dangerous/unsightly premises rules under HRM Charter Part XV. Information page, not a standalone by-law.",
   "capture_sha256": "077d8faa68ee02305a8577a2db70ac8a07e7eb387785ced180875c77d2a33637",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/077d8faa68ee02305a8577a2db70ac8a07e7eb387785ced180875c77d2a33637.html",
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/halifax/property-maintenance/text-077d8faa68ee/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/halifax/property-maintenance/"
}