{
 "answer": "In the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario, property maintenance rules are set by Property Standards By-law 67-2024, verified 2026-10-18. Enforcement: Officer may order repairs or clearing; if not done, Municipality may carry out repair or clearance at owner's expense.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001711",
 "municipality": "Port Hope",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
 "official_website": "https://www.porthope.ca/",
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   "title": "Property Standards By-law 67-2024",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-11-05",
   "document_url": "https://www.porthope.ca/en/your-municipal-government/resources/By-Laws/By-Laws/_Frequently-Requested-By-Laws/By-law%2067-2024%20-%20Property%20Standards%20By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Standards for maintenance and occupancy of all property in Port Hope; yards and vacant land free of debris; repeals By-law 69-2006. Council approved 2024-11-05 per local news.",
   "discovered_by": "on-propmaint",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
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   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T20:28:28+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "67-2024",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/825ec3a63a09aa0915fde0587b0f5aaf7cc23ce8517d932f9494c01ca920c1a9.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Yards, compounds and lands shall be kept clean and free from rubbish, garbage, waste, debris, hazards, wrecked/inoperative vehicles, unprotected wells, and standing water.",
    "enforcement": "Officer may order repairs or clearing; if not done, Municipality may carry out repair or clearance at owner's expense."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2.02",
    "enforcement": "s. 6.07(b)-(c)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/port-hope/property-maintenance/bylaw-67-2024/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law Enforcement (property standards complaints)",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "announcement",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.porthope.ca/en/living-here/by-law-enforcement.aspx",
   "summary": "rules page: explains property standards complaints under the Property Standards By-law.",
   "discovered_by": "on-propmaint",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "0f9a1ffd6263d26e179fc049e9e8b56ceed39b8e874403820f60608d67fdfc72",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T20:28:28+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0f9a1ffd6263d26e179fc049e9e8b56ceed39b8e874403820f60608d67fdfc72.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/port-hope/property-maintenance/by-law-enforcement/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/port-hope/property-maintenance/"
}