{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001608",
 "municipality": "Loyalist",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "https://www.loyalist.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Property Standards By-law 2024-28",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-02-27",
   "document_url": "https://www.loyalist.ca/council-and-administration/by-laws-and-enforcement/property-standards-by-law/",
   "summary": "Prescribes maintenance and occupancy standards for properties, yards, buildings, plumbing, drainage, unsafe conditions, and enforcement orders. Enacted and passed February 27, 2024 (repealed 2002-34 and 2009-040).",
   "capture_sha256": "6f73355e4e2aee1234eebf903b4a41c6f08d377dff45f484b489d321be1d403b",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/6f73355e4e2aee1234eebf903b4a41c6f08d377dff45f484b489d321be1d403b.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Prohibited: dilapidated structures, standing water/debris, interior furniture outside, appliances in yards, noxious plants, unsightly storage, graffiti, inoperative vehicles",
    "enforcement": "Officer issues Order; if not complied with, Township may repair/demolish at owner's expense, costs added to municipal tax bill; fines up to $2,000 first offence, $10,000 subsequent"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 5.61, s. 5.62, s. 5.63, s. 5.64, s. 5.68, s. 5.69, s. 5.30",
    "enforcement": "s. 8.2, s. 8.3, s. 8.6"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/loyalist/property-maintenance/text-6f73355e4e2a/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/loyalist/property-maintenance/"
}