{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001824",
 "municipality": "Whitby",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.whitby.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Consolidated Property Standards By-law",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.whitby.ca/media/eoje2jq2/consolidated-property-standards-by-law_accessible.pdf",
   "summary": "Consolidated property standards by-law for the Town of Whitby.",
   "capture_sha256": "b2adff62093df6bcfdaf4a2a7eabaeb26026888f1785795ab84cd014f6bf52d1",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/b2adff62093df6bcfdaf4a2a7eabaeb26026888f1785795ab84cd014f6bf52d1.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Yards must be free from garbage, rubbish, long grass/weeds exceeding 15 cm, inoperative vehicles, wrecked machinery, dead shrubs/trees, noxious weeds, injurious insects, and unsafe conditions.",
    "enforcement": "Property Standards Officer may issue an order; if owner fails to comply within set time, Town may carry out the repair or clearing at the owner's expense plus a 25% administration charge (max $5,000), recoverable by legal action or addition to the tax roll."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 4.1 (ss. 4.1.1–4.1.15)",
    "enforcement": "s. 2.4.3: \"if the repair or clearing is not carried out within that time, the Town may carry out the repair or clearing at the owner's expense\"; s. 2.12"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/whitby/property-maintenance/text-b2adff62093d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/whitby/property-maintenance/"
}