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 "answer": "The Town of Essex, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: Zoning By-law No. 1037, verified 2026-10-19.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001509",
 "municipality": "Essex",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "zoning_land_use",
 "label": "Zoning & land use",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-19",
 "official_website": "http://www.essex.ca/",
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   "title": "Zoning By-law No. 1037",
   "category": "zoning_land_use",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2010-07-12",
   "document_url": "https://media-003-ca.cdn.govstack.com/essex-ca/media/hhqbsboc/zoning-by-law-1037092226.pdf",
   "summary": "Town of Essex Zoning By-law 1037 (passed July 12, 2010) zoning all lands in the Town: zoning districts, definitions, general provisions, zone standards, maps.",
   "discovered_by": "on-zoning",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-06",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-07T02:30:58+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "1037",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/2e34e94df2be23d12227b6afe758dff65e293e2bad0cf123cfa066c88ccf30ef.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/essex/zoning/bylaw-1037/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Essex By-laws index",
   "category": "zoning_land_use",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "http://www.essex.ca/town-hall/bylaws/",
   "summary": "Town bylaws page linking the zoning by-law.",
   "discovered_by": "on-zoning",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-06",
   "capture_sha256": "0de67736a7d73d40d138055dc573396f2dd6773f12bbac02c348762c2126117e",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T01:02:49+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0de67736a7d73d40d138055dc573396f2dd6773f12bbac02c348762c2126117e.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/essex/noise/essex-by-laws-index/",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/essex/zoning/"
}