{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001632",
 "municipality": "Meaford",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "https://www.meaford.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Yard and Boulevard Maintenance By-law 2020-50",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2020-07-27",
   "document_url": "https://www.meaford.ca/en/our-government/resources/Bylaws/2020-50-Yard-Maintenance-Bylaw.pdf",
   "summary": "Municipality of Meaford By-law 2020-50 prescribing standards for yard and boulevard maintenance (long grass, nuisance weeds, property clearing). Passed 2020-07-27.",
   "capture_sha256": "f963b350cff91e6d141e5edd8b046e1019765a9697787782aa955471dd588cdb",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f963b350cff91e6d141e5edd8b046e1019765a9697787782aa955471dd588cdb.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Noxious weeds; grass/weeds over 20.32 cm (8 in) or 25 cm (10 in) on vacant land; waste; standing water; pests/infestation; animal excrement accumulation; dead/damaged trees creating unsafe condition; deep ruts and holes.",
    "enforcement": "Officer issues Order/Notice (min. 72 hours to comply on property); Municipality may perform remedial work at owner's expense and recover costs via invoice, court proceedings, or adding to tax roll; fines up to $1,000 (first offence) or $5,000 (subsequent offences)."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 5.4(a)–(g)",
    "enforcement": "s. 13.1, s. 14.1, s. 16.1, s. 16.2, s. 17.3(a)(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/meaford/property-maintenance/text-f963b350cff9/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/meaford/property-maintenance/"
}