{
 "municipality_id": "gx-001834",
 "municipality": "Zorra",
 "status_type": "Township",
 "jurisdiction": "Ontario",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-09",
 "official_website": "http://www.zorra.on.ca/",
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   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 16-18: Clean and Clear / Yard and Lot Maintenance By-law",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2018-04-03",
   "document_url": "https://www.zorra.ca/media/kusb52rh/16-18-clean-and-clear-consolidated.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates littering, dumping, yard maintenance, waste disposal, weeds, refuse, and clearing land in Zorra.",
   "capture_sha256": "783b6b9e8719f4ec389510dac7392cbf1924be42d42feac51373013bef380db8",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/783b6b9e8719f4ec389510dac7392cbf1924be42d42feac51373013bef380db8.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Land must be kept clean, cleared, free of refuse; weeds/grass over 20 cm prohibited; no depositing refuse on highways or property without consent; graffiti must be removed; vermin-free required.",
    "enforcement": "Work Order issued requiring compliance by set date; township may do work at owner's expense plus 15% admin fee (minimum $110); costs recoverable by action or added to tax roll."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2.5, s. 2.6, s. 2.10, s. 2.11",
    "enforcement": "s. 5.3, s. 5.7, s. 5.8"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/zorra/property-maintenance/text-783b6b9e8719/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "By-law 54-18: Property Standards By-law",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.zorra.ca/media/kohftsm1/54-18-property-standards_new-zmc-address.pdf",
   "summary": "Provides standards for the maintenance and occupancy of properties in the Township of Zorra.",
   "capture_sha256": "157cd8e89bbef4905f5d88e08cd6928e514c831d436d2927d5389280d046ea08",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-10T22:04:10+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/157cd8e89bbef4905f5d88e08cd6928e514c831d436d2927d5389280d046ea08.pdf",
   "link_dead": false,
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Yards must be free of litter, waste, wrecked/unlicensed vehicles, dead trees, noxious weeds, dilapidated structures, and unsightly overgrowth.",
    "enforcement": "Township issues Order to Comply; if ignored, municipality performs work at owner's cost, registered as lien and collected as property taxes."
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2.02",
    "enforcement": "s. 8.03(2)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/on/zorra/property-maintenance/text-157cd8e89bbe/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/on/zorra/property-maintenance/"
}