{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003135",
 "municipality": "Colchester",
 "status_type": "County municipality",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.colchester.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Dangerous or Unsightly Procedures By-law — Chapter 21",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2024-09-25",
   "document_url": "https://www.colchester.ca/4470-dangerous-or-unsightly-procedures-by-law-chapter-21-september-2024/file",
   "summary": "Regulates dangerous or unsightly premises, property maintenance, and enforcement procedures. Second Reading September 25, 2024.",
   "capture_sha256": "32bff40054938dae4124755d504c0f61c3fc0cb407064cb697b900128865cc7a",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/32bff40054938dae4124755d504c0f61c3fc0cb407064cb697b900128865cc7a.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Every owner must maintain property so it does not constitute Dangerous or Unsightly Premises as defined in s. 3(d) of the MGA",
    "enforcement": "Council follows Part XV of the MGA; Order to remedy (30 days first order, 7 days subsequent); Administrator/third party may perform work at owner's cost per s. 348 MGA",
    "fine_range": "First offence $500-$1,000; second $1,000-$2,500; third or subsequent $2,500-$5,000 (default imprisonment up to 30 days)"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 3.1",
    "enforcement": "s. 4.1; s. 5.2; s. 6.1",
    "fine_range": "s. 9.1"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/colchester/property-maintenance/text-32bff4005493/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/colchester/property-maintenance/"
}