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 "answer": "The City of Thunder Bay, Ontario has 7 adopted bylaws on file: Boulevard Garden and Maintenance By-law No. 8-2025; Clean and Clear Yards By-law, BL 93-2022; Fence By-law; Graffiti By-law; Minimum Heat By-law, BL 94-2022; Municipal Standards for Property By-law, BL 95-2022; Vacant Building Security By-law, BL 96-2022, verified 2026-08-23.",
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 "municipality": "Thunder Bay",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
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 "last_verified": "2026-08-23",
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   "title": "Boulevard Garden and Maintenance By-law No. 8-2025",
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   "adopted_date": "2025-02-24",
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   "summary": "Governs residents' gardening and maintenance obligations on the municipal boulevard (right-of-way strip) fronting their property.",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-09-12",
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   "summary": "Requires yards to be kept free of refuse, junk, derelict/inoperable vehicles, and prohibited plants (Schedule A); companion to the property-standards bylaw.",
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   "document_url": "https://www.thunderbay.ca/en/city-hall/resources/Documents/By-laws/GraffitiBy-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires property owners to remove graffiti from their property; part of the city's property-maintenance regime.",
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   "summary": "Sets minimum indoor heating-temperature standards for rental/residential units, enforced as part of property standards.",
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   "title": "Municipal Standards for Property By-law, BL 95-2022",
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   "document_url": "https://www.thunderbay.ca/en/city-hall/resources/Documents/By-laws/BL-95-2022--Municipal-Standards-For-Property-By-Law-accessible.pdf",
   "summary": "Sets minimum property-standards requirements for the exterior and interior maintenance of buildings and land; used to address unsightly/dangerous premises complaints.",
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   "title": "Vacant Building Security By-law, BL 96-2022",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2022-09-12",
   "document_url": "https://www.thunderbay.ca/en/city-hall/resources/Documents/By-laws/BL-96-2022--Vacant-Building-Security-accessible.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires owners of vacant buildings to secure and maintain them to prevent unsafe/unsightly conditions.",
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 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/thunder-bay/property-maintenance/"
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