{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001634",
 "municipality": "Merrickville–Wolford",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "https://www.merrickville-wolford.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Property Standards (22-03)",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.merrickville-wolford.ca/component/edocman/property-standards-22-03/viewdocument/127?Itemid=0",
   "summary": "Officially listed property standards by-law.",
   "capture_sha256": "4f53212942c71dc97a9a52e07e2bff719ff564825a5c0c5679a5f40feedff055",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4f53212942c71dc97a9a52e07e2bff719ff564825a5c0c5679a5f40feedff055.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Lands free from rubbish, debris, long grass, inoperative vehicles, wrecked equipment, dilapidated furniture; residential zones: lawns/hedges not overgrown; vacant lands free from weeds and hazards",
    "enforcement": "Officer issues Notice of Non-Compliance, then Order to repair/clear; if owner fails, Municipality carries out work at owner's expense, costs added to tax roll as municipal taxes"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2.01, s. 2.02, s. 2.03, s. 2.05, s. 2.05(a), s. 2.06, s. 2.08, s. 4.01",
    "enforcement": "s. 6.08(b)(iv); s. 6.17(iii)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/merrickvillewolford/property-maintenance/text-4f53212942c7/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Yards By-law (65-2024)",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.merrickville-wolford.ca/component/edocman/yards-by-law-65-2024/viewdocument/787?Itemid=0",
   "summary": "Officially listed yards by-law regulating yard conditions.",
   "capture_sha256": "414b77caefff284b9b23ef2173418669ecbf7e1b60091f641cbb3533c27ea6ef",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/414b77caefff284b9b23ef2173418669ecbf7e1b60091f641cbb3533c27ea6ef.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "No person shall permit lands to become unhealthy, unsanitary, create fire/accident hazard, allow turfgrass >150mm, permit recurrent pondage, or dump/keep refuse or waste.",
    "enforcement": "Notice served requiring compliance; if not complied with, municipality may clean, clear, remove refuse/waste/inoperative vehicles at owner's expense, recovered by action or added to tax roll."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 4.1, s. 4.2, s. 4.3, s. 4.4, s. 4.5",
    "enforcement": "s. 5.1(a), s. 5.1(b)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/merrickvillewolford/property-maintenance/text-414b77caefff/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/merrickvillewolford/property-maintenance/"
}