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 "municipality_id": "gx-001771",
 "municipality": "St.-Charles",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.stcharlesontario.ca/",
 "documents": [
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Clean Yard By-law 2018-56",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://stcharlesontario.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2018-56-Clean-Yard-By-law-complete.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates clean yards and property conditions.",
   "capture_sha256": "9c23ec786de0036991e627172b777b1ab81dab35b033ebdb644be0d79f9a51f9",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/9c23ec786de0036991e627172b777b1ab81dab35b033ebdb644be0d79f9a51f9.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Grass over 8\"; debris, domestic/industrial waste, standing water on land; inoperative/unlicensed vehicles; illegal salvage; dead trees; injurious insects/rodents prohibited.",
    "enforcement": "Officer may issue order requiring compliance within specified time; on default, municipality may clean/clear land at owner's expense; cost added to tax roll as municipal real property taxes."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2(a), 3(a), 4(a), 5(a)",
    "enforcement": "s. 7(a), 7(b), 7(c)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/st-charles/property-maintenance/text-9c23ec786de0/",
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  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Property Standards By-Law 2022-22",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://stcharlesontario.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2022-22-Property-Standards.pdf",
   "summary": "Sets property standards requirements.",
   "capture_sha256": "e4a0a44752d67aaaa6d109f97bd2d70c480b6c9727b1ce4b57769255aab7ff96",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e4a0a44752d67aaaa6d109f97bd2d70c480b6c9727b1ce4b57769255aab7ff96.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Yards free of rubbish, debris, wrecked/abandoned vehicles, long grass, noxious weeds, dilapidated structures, pests, dead trees; surface conditions not unsightly",
    "enforcement": "Officer issues Order to comply; municipality may clear property at owner's cost recovered as municipal taxes; fines up to $25,000 (individual) or $50,000 (corporation)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2.02, s. 2.03(d)",
    "enforcement": "s. 6.07; Schedule \"A\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/st-charles/property-maintenance/text-e4a0a44752d6/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/st-charles/property-maintenance/"
}