{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001679",
 "municipality": "Oil Springs",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "https://www.oilsprings.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law No. 678 of 2015 - Property Standards",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2015-05-05",
   "document_url": "https://www.oilsprings.ca/media/33gfusvv/bylaw-678-of-2015-property-standards.pdf",
   "summary": "Village of Oil Springs property standards by-law under s.15.1(3) of the Building Code Act; establishes a Property Standards Committee and repeals prior by-laws 329/2003 and 286/1998. Read a first, second and third time May 5, 2015.",
   "capture_sha256": "f49720abb74cbe4a20192ab2cf59a614a69fe30e1c88dcfdff6c7373802b3e81",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/f49720abb74cbe4a20192ab2cf59a614a69fe30e1c88dcfdff6c7373802b3e81.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Yards must be free of litter, rubbish, waste, salvage, refuse, dead or damaged trees, outdoor storage of unused materials, inoperative or unlicensed vehicles, and unsightly overgrowth.",
    "enforcement": "Officer issues order to comply; if ignored, municipality may do the work at owner's cost, recovered by action or added to the tax roll as property taxes; non-compliance is an offence under Building Code Act s. 36."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2.02 — \"health, fire, accident hazard or unsightly condition\"",
    "enforcement": "s. 8.03(2) — \"municipality may cause the required work to be done at the cost of the person\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/oil-springs/property-maintenance/text-f49720abb74c/",
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  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/oil-springs/property-maintenance/"
}