{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001590",
 "municipality": "Laird",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.lairdtownship.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 1090-23 — Yard Maintenance",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://lairdtownship.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bylaw109023.pdf",
   "summary": "Official yard maintenance by-law listed by the township among its common by-laws.",
   "capture_sha256": "079a89a85eb2a4cba9877f2dc0fcb83cdf8d63b9288192d5bc0603fb153a31e4",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/079a89a85eb2a4cba9877f2dc0fcb83cdf8d63b9288192d5bc0603fb153a31e4.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Yards must be free from grass >20 cm, weeds, dead trees, debris, broken glass, holes, inoperative vehicles, dilapidated structures/fences, abandoned appliances, post-construction materials.",
    "enforcement": "Written notice issued; owner given minimum 10 days to comply; if non-compliant, municipality enters and performs work at owner's expense, recoverable as municipal taxes; prosecution may also proceed."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2",
    "enforcement": "s. 3, s. 5"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/laird/property-maintenance/text-079a89a85eb2/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/laird/property-maintenance/"
}