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 "municipality_id": "gx-001498",
 "municipality": "East Zorra-Tavistock",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.ezt.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Clean Yard By-law No. 1990-40, consolidated",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1990-08-15",
   "document_url": "https://www.ezt.ca/media/xv2kyxed/1990-40_clean_yard_by-law_vcurr.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates waste, debris, refuse, derelict vehicles, long grass, and other yard conditions on private property.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
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   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/16610ce7950742d74679d8c5bd151f50de298a69f2dc606d67b4d77f73c2e542.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Grounds must be clean, cleared, free from rubbish, debris, hazards, undergrowth, noxious plants, weeds over 20 centimeters (8 inches), waste, and inoperative or unlicensed vehicles.",
    "enforcement": "Officer may order cleanup via notice; if default, Township may cleanup and recover expenses as taxes; contravention liable to fine up to $2,000.00."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2, 4, 5",
    "enforcement": "s. 6, 8, 9"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/east-zorra-tavistock/property-maintenance/text-16610ce79507/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Property Standards By-law No. 2001-26",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.ezt.ca/media/jxcntdhw/2001-026property-standards.pdf",
   "summary": "Prescribes standards for maintenance and occupancy of property and establishes enforcement, repair, safety, yard, and building-condition requirements.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
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   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/9ce432dd9e8a516ec6471da004318f578ac5820ffcd5feb479d383a9cbd2968b.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Yards and vacant properties must be free from debris, long grass, weeds, and conditions creating an unsightly appearance or nuisance.",
    "enforcement": "Owner must repair or clear property; failure to comply with an order is an offence liable to penalty."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "Schedule \"B\", s. 3.2.1(b), s. 3.2.2, s. 3.2.3(d)",
    "enforcement": "s. 2.9.1, s. 2.11.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/east-zorra-tavistock/property-maintenance/text-9ce432dd9e8a/",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/east-zorra-tavistock/property-maintenance/"
}