Property maintenance — Yamachiche, Quebec

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In the Municipality of Yamachiche, Quebec, standards: Prohibited: deteriorating or allowing deterioration of a building compromising safety, salubrity, heritage, or causing neighbourhood nuisance; all building components must be maintained in good condition.; enforcement: Municipality may issue non-conformity or deterioration notice; if owner fails to comply, municipality executes works at owner's cost, recoverable as priority claim like municipal taxes; fines $500–$1000 (individual) or $1000–$2000 (corporation), doubled on recidivism; municipality may acquire severely deteriorated property.. Source: Règlement numéro 544 relatif à l'occupation et à l'entretien des bâtiments, verified 2026-06-13.

Règlement numéro 544 relatif à l'occupation et à l'entretien des bâtiments adopted bylaw
standards Prohibited: deteriorating or allowing deterioration of a building compromising safety, salubrity, heritage, or causing neighbourhood nuisance; all building components must be maintained in good condition. Art. 9 — "interdit de détériorer ou de laisser se détériorer un bâtiment"
enforcement Municipality may issue non-conformity or deterioration notice; if owner fails to comply, municipality executes works at owner's cost, recoverable as priority claim like municipal taxes; fines $500–$1000 (individual) or $1000–$2000 (corporation), doubled on recidivism; municipality may acquire severely deteriorated property. Art. 16–19, 21–22 — avis de non-conformité/détérioration; travaux aux frais du propriétaire; créance prioritaire; acquisition; amendes
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Official Yamachiche bylaw on the occupation and maintenance of buildings, posted as a PDF on the municipal règlements municipaux page (confirmed a real Province de Québec municipal bylaw PDF).

Machine-readable: property-maintenance.json · Official website: https://www.yamachiche.ca · Last verified 2026-06-13 · Property maintenance in other municipalities