{
 "answer": "The Village of Westport, Ontario has 1 adopted bylaw on file: By-law 2020-24 Maintenance of Lands in a Safe Condition, verified 2026-10-18.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-001823",
 "municipality": "Westport",
 "status_type": "Village",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-10-18",
 "official_website": "https://villageofwestport.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 2020-24 Maintenance of Lands in a Safe Condition",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2020-05-05",
   "document_url": "http://villageofwestport.ca/wp-content/uploads/attachments/07b92f_47d262ea31494761b18a62f06495fa43.pdf",
   "summary": "Village of Westport by-law (Municipal Act ss.127, 131) requiring owners to keep land clean, clear and safe, and regulating storage of used motor vehicles for wrecking; rescinds 2018-12. Scanned PDF, OCR'd.",
   "discovered_by": "on-propmaint",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "1809d325cdc65306eebbc24f3c5028d9c67841717dba2ee2f43d9e58b029b9fd",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T20:28:28+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "document_number": "2020-24",
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/1809d325cdc65306eebbc24f3c5028d9c67841717dba2ee2f43d9e58b029b9fd.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Property must be neat, tidy, safe and free from rubbish, long grass/weeds, unsafe stored materials, dead trees, wrecked/unlicensed vehicles, unfenced excavations, unsafe structures, deteriorated exteriors, unsafe combustibles, dilapidated sheds.",
    "enforcement": "Officer may order owner to cease contravention and comply; if owner fails, Village may enter, do work/remove/store items, with costs invoiced to owner and added to tax roll if unpaid."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 1.2",
    "enforcement": "s. 3.1; s. 3.5; s. 3.4.5; s. 4.7"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/westport/property-maintenance/bylaw-2020-24/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": false,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Westport By-laws index",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw_index",
   "status": "n/a",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://villageofwestport.ca/by-laws/",
   "summary": "Village by-law listing.",
   "discovered_by": "on-propmaint",
   "discovered_at": "2026-10-18",
   "capture_sha256": "851ce0b68cae4a374b2aaf82d1fad097226eafe0cb6b23fe17c28359533328b7",
   "captured_at": "2026-10-18T20:28:28+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/851ce0b68cae4a374b2aaf82d1fad097226eafe0cb6b23fe17c28359533328b7.html",
   "link_dead": false,
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/westport/zoning/by-laws-page/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/westport/property-maintenance/"
}