{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001710",
 "municipality": "Port Colborne",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://city.portcolborne.on.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Property Standards By-law 7189/12/24",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.portcolborne.ca/en/city-hall/resources/Documents/By-Laws/Frequently%20Requested%20By-laws/Property%20Standards%20By-law%207189%2012%2024.pdf",
   "summary": "Prescribes standards for property maintenance and occupancy, buildings, yards, refuse, unsafe conditions, orders, appeals, and enforcement.",
   "capture_sha256": "be7ca4af9a7817def3cba0f5994474c1204ff9c9e2c7ad7c39bfe139fb4c6721",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/be7ca4af9a7817def3cba0f5994474c1204ff9c9e2c7ad7c39bfe139fb4c6721.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Yards and vacant lands kept free from dead/damaged/decayed/diseased trees, rubbish, debris, and hazardous objects or conditions; buildings maintained to minimum standards",
    "enforcement": "Officer issues Order to repair or clear site; if Owner fails to comply, City may repair/demolish at Owner's expense, with costs as a lien on land collected as municipal taxes"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 4.1, s. 4.2",
    "enforcement": "s. 7.10, s. 7.11.3, s. 7.19.1, s. 7.19.6, s. 7.19.7"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/port-colborne/property-maintenance/text-be7ca4af9a78/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/port-colborne/property-maintenance/"
}