{
 "answer": "The City of Sarnia, Ontario has 2 adopted bylaws on file: Lot Maintenance By-Law No. 75 of 2009 (Consolidated, incl. amendment 88 of 2020); Property Standards By-Law No. 81 of 2015, verified 2026-08-23.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001736",
 "municipality": "Sarnia",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
 "official_website": "https://www.sarnia.ca",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Lot Maintenance By-Law No. 75 of 2009 (Consolidated, incl. amendment 88 of 2020)",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://sarnia.civicweb.net/document/40801",
   "summary": "Requires owners/occupants to clean and clear land of refuse and debris and to cut long grass/weeds, with an exemption for defined naturalized gardens; enforceable via City clean-up with costs added to the tax roll.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "0d4ebd9566fb425ce8d19f05fc095f40749365c58f1122558db88b0082bf2e67",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "adopted_date": "2009-05-11",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/0d4ebd9566fb425ce8d19f05fc095f40749365c58f1122558db88b0082bf2e67.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/sarnia/property-maintenance/text-0d4ebd9566fb/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Property Standards By-Law No. 81 of 2015",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "document_url": "https://sarnia.civicweb.net/document/40807",
   "summary": "Prescribes minimum maintenance and occupancy standards for property and buildings city-wide under the Building Code Act (structural, plumbing, heating, unsafe conditions), enforceable through property standards officer orders to remedy.",
   "discovered_by": "bigcity-depth",
   "discovered_at": "2026-08-23",
   "capture_sha256": "9f4492f153003d787037ff8baa14ff2e7a3801249ede110728ca7bc3a296f7cd",
   "captured_at": "2026-08-23T23:44:06+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "adopted_date": "2015-10-05",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/9f4492f153003d787037ff8baa14ff2e7a3801249ede110728ca7bc3a296f7cd.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/sarnia/property-maintenance/text-9f4492f15300/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/sarnia/property-maintenance/"
}