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 "municipality_id": "gx-001401",
 "municipality": "Amherstburg",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "https://www.amherstburg.ca/en/index.aspx",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2022-007 - Yard Maintenance, Storage and Waste on Property",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.amherstburg.ca/media/xiqnr2j3/2022-007-regulate-yard-maintenance-storage-and-waste-on-property-rm.pdf",
   "summary": "Adopted by-law regulating yard maintenance, storage and waste on property in the Town of Amherstburg.",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Prohibits grass over 20 centimeters, refuse on property, standing water over three (3) days, inoperative vehicles in yard, front yard storage, and dead trees creating unsightly condition.",
    "enforcement": "Notice to comply within seven (7) days; Town may do work and add costs to tax roll; fines Five Hundred Dollars ($500) to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) per day."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 1.1, 2.3, 4.3, 5.2, 6.1, 7.1",
    "enforcement": "s. 10.1.1, 10.3, 10.4, 11.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/amherstburg/property-maintenance/text-754507fba175/",
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  },
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2023-020 - Property Standards By-law",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.amherstburg.ca/media/aeafzrke/2023-020-property-standards-by-law-rm.pdf",
   "summary": "Adopted by-law establishing standards for the maintenance and occupancy of property within the Town of Amherstburg.",
   "capture_sha256": "13eed2f24997a82f7a84812eab1f070e1dfb0454358dda9baad98fc018de3812",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
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   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Properties and yards shall be kept clean and free from rubbish, brush, debris, holes or excavations creating fire hazard or unsafe conditions.",
    "enforcement": "Order to Repair issued with fee assessed; owner must repair or clear site; non-compliance is offence liable to penalties."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "Schedule A, Part 1, s. 1.29",
    "enforcement": "s. 7.1, s. 8.2, s. 9.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/amherstburg/property-maintenance/text-13eed2f24997/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/amherstburg/property-maintenance/"
}