{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001786",
 "municipality": "Thames Centre",
 "status_type": "Municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-10",
 "official_website": "https://www.thamescentre.on.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Property Standards By-law No. 109-2004 (as amended by 027-2009)",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2004-12-13",
   "document_url": "https://www.thamescentre.on.ca/media/3a2fdsn4/bylaw-propertystandards-109-2004andamendment027-2009.pdf",
   "summary": "Adopted Municipality of Thames Centre By-law 109-2004 prescribing property standards for the maintenance and occupancy of property, under the Building Code Act; amendment 027-2009 passed 2009-04-06.",
   "capture_sha256": "203b59dfcf29cfaaf5602f1c707da996332c9a245738e3e4a6255cf39b067e46",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/203b59dfcf29cfaaf5602f1c707da996332c9a245738e3e4a6255cf39b067e46.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Yards must be free of rubbish, debris, noxious plants, grass/weeds over 25 cm, dead/decayed trees, and inoperable, unlicensed, wrecked or dismantled vehicles/boats/trailers.",
    "enforcement": "On owner default to comply with a final order, the Municipality may enter the lands, do the work, and recover its expenses; offenders liable to penalties under the Building Code Act s.36 and Provincial Offences Act."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "\"Every yard, including vacant lots, shall be kept clean and free from\"; \"grass or weeds growing to a height or standing at a height in excess of 25 em ( 10 inches)\"",
    "enforcement": "\"the Municipality of Thames Centre may enter upon the lands\"; \"recover its expenses as provided in the Building Code Act\"; \"is liable to a fine recoverable under the Provincial Offenses Act\""
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/thames-centre/property-maintenance/text-203b59dfcf29/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/thames-centre/property-maintenance/"
}