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 "municipality_id": "gx-001550",
 "municipality": "Havelock-Belmont-Methuen",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "https://www.hbmtwp.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
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   "title": "Clean Yard By-law 2024-026",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.hbmtwp.ca/media/uxslzzt1/2024-026-clean-yard-by-law-signed.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates yards and exterior property conditions in the township.",
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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/f6a71c93392ae538838c058aaed0cdb287126139175041401f15ab665b4fb6aa.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Prohibits excessive grass/weeds, standing water, refuse/debris, graffiti, domestic/industrial waste, and wrecked/inoperative vehicles on property.",
    "enforcement": "Municipality may order compliance, enter land to remediate at owner's expense, add costs to tax roll, or impose penalties/fines."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2.1-2.5",
    "enforcement": "s. 3.1.3-3.1.4, 3.2"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/havelock-belmont-methuen/property-maintenance/text-f6a71c93392a/",
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  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Property Standards By-Law 2024-025",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.hbmtwp.ca/media/xqajjamj/2024-025-property-standards-signed.pdf",
   "summary": "Sets standards for maintenance and occupancy of property.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/a3e4e6e5f9c45117a600d4c07dd7cd1e9a7d5ec65533126ad90df640ed9fcffc.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Exterior property areas must be neat, tidy, free from rubbish, weeds over 20cm, wrecked vehicles, and unsightly conditions.",
    "enforcement": "Municipality may repair or demolish property; cost constitutes a lien on the land."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 3.1.1(1)",
    "enforcement": "cost of which constitutes a lien on the land"
   },
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/havelock-belmont-methuen/property-maintenance/"
}