{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003131",
 "municipality": "Cape Breton",
 "status_type": "Regional municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "http://www.cbrm.ns.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Minimum Standards By-law for Existing Residential Dwellings No. M-100",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://cbrm.ns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/M-100-Minimum-Standards-By-law-for-Existing-Residential-Dwellings.pdf",
   "summary": "Sets minimum maintenance and habitability standards for existing residential dwellings in CBRM (MGA s.181).",
   "capture_sha256": "e05e7d9ff5b562c4eed1b2002ad85ab0d9befee8ba83f25bb2945599ac22ce5e",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/e05e7d9ff5b562c4eed1b2002ad85ab0d9befee8ba83f25bb2945599ac22ce5e.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Owner must keep building free of rubbish/garbage/debris and objects that are health, fire or accident hazards; maintain structural, roof, wall, plumbing, heating standards",
    "enforcement": "Building Inspector may order repairs (within 90 days); municipality may do work at owner's expense as first lien; Supreme Court remedies",
    "fine_range": "$250-$10,000 or imprisonment up to one year (each day a separate offence)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 4.1; s. 2.2",
    "enforcement": "s. 3.2; s. 35.1; s. 40.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 36.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/cape-breton/property-maintenance/text-e05e7d9ff5b5/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  },
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Vacant and Derelict Buildings By-law No. V-300",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://cbrm.ns.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/V-300-Vacant-and-Derelict-Buildings-By-law.pdf",
   "summary": "Regulates vacant and derelict buildings within CBRM, with maintenance standards and CBRM authority over dangerous structures.",
   "capture_sha256": "4f2e5cea0ee12ac5421723284ce7abb6feb96264f2bc473871f71a66f9cdd208",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/4f2e5cea0ee12ac5421723284ce7abb6feb96264f2bc473871f71a66f9cdd208.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Vacant buildings must be secured, weather-tight, free of debris/fire hazards; derelict = ruinous, depreciates value, allurement to children, unsightly exterior, or fire hazard",
    "enforcement": "Municipality may order owner to demolish or obtain conditional building permit; may enter and do work, cost recouped as lien; title forfeiture possible",
    "fine_range": "First offence min $1,000; second/subsequent min $2,000 (per day separate offence)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 1 \"derelict building\"; Section 6",
    "enforcement": "Section 5.2; Section 9.2-9.3; s. 11.4",
    "fine_range": "s. 11.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/cape-breton/property-maintenance/text-4f2e5cea0ee1/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/cape-breton/property-maintenance/"
}