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 "municipality_id": "gx-001560",
 "municipality": "Howick",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.howick.ca",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Clean Yards By-law",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://howick.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/By-laws/Township-of-Howick-Policies/Clean-Yards-By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Official clean-yards by-law PDF regulating yard and property maintenance conditions.",
   "capture_sha256": "5632bde6ad966bccec75915a88f31cea184e47cd67fab5f41dc85dfd5c3f1940",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/5632bde6ad966bccec75915a88f31cea184e47cd67fab5f41dc85dfd5c3f1940.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Prohibits debris, hazards, pests, refuse, derelict vehicles, grass over 8 inches, noxious weeds, graffiti, sewage discharge, and unsightly naturalized areas.",
    "enforcement": "Officer issues compliance order; Township performs work at owner's cost, recovers costs via tax roll, and prosecutes for fines."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "Section 2",
    "enforcement": "Section 3.4, 3.9, 3.11, 4.7"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/howick/property-maintenance/text-5632bde6ad96/",
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  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Property Standards By-law 28-2023",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://howick.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/By-laws/Township-of-Howick-Policies/28-2023-Property-Standards-By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Official property-standards by-law PDF.",
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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/f42b8ee981bf60cac02e025c4b0b2ba4201ee072e92082a2b177ea3da759079a.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Prohibits unsightly appearance (s. 2.3.1(b)), garbage accumulating longer than fourteen (14) days (s. 2.6.1), and failure to maintain conformity (s. 2.1.2).",
    "enforcement": "Order to remedy (s. 8.8); Township may repair or demolish (s. 8.10.1); lien on the land for the amount spent (s. 8.10.5); penalty for offence (s. 8.13)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2.3.1(b), s. 2.6.1, s. 2.1.2",
    "enforcement": "s. 8.8, s. 8.10.1, s. 8.10.5, s. 8.13"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/howick/property-maintenance/text-f42b8ee981bf/",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/howick/property-maintenance/"
}