{
 "answer": "The City of Essex Junction, Vermont has 2 adopted ordinances on file: Municipal Code Chapter 15 - Ordinance Regulating Vacant Buildings, Blighted Premises and Dangerous Property; Municipal Code Chapter 18 - Junk Motor Vehicles on Premises, verified 2026-09-22.",
 "municipality_id": "gx-028525",
 "municipality": "Essex Junction",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "Vermont",
 "country": "US",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-22",
 "official_website": "https://www.essexjunction.org/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipal Code Chapter 15 - Ordinance Regulating Vacant Buildings, Blighted Premises and Dangerous Property",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.essexjunction.org/fileadmin/files/Ordinances_Codes/Municipal_Code/municode15.pdf",
   "summary": "Defines blighted/dangerous/vacant properties (dilapidation, fire hazard, unmaintained structures, abandoned cars) and provides abatement/removal procedures.",
   "document_number": "15",
   "link_dead": false
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Municipal Code Chapter 18 - Junk Motor Vehicles on Premises",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "code_chapter",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.essexjunction.org/fileadmin/files/Ordinances_Codes/Municipal_Code/municode18.pdf",
   "summary": "Same chapter also regulates junk/junk motor vehicles left on private premises as a property-maintenance nuisance, with construction-site waste provisions.",
   "document_number": "18",
   "link_dead": false
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/us/vt/essex-junction/property-maintenance/"
}