{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003149",
 "municipality": "Middleton",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.discovermiddleton.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Public Health (No. 212) — Chapter 23",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "1935-01-07",
   "document_url": "https://www.discovermiddleton.ca/government/bylaws/212-public-health/file",
   "summary": "Town of Middleton Public Health/Refuse Bylaw (Chapter 23). Prohibits accumulation of filth, garbage, refuse and offensive matter on premises and dumping in public places. Original council adoption January 7, 1935.",
   "capture_sha256": "164f208a62cba92b37815481678954e905721992096cef9a34c753317ea89d6a",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/164f208a62cba92b37815481678954e905721992096cef9a34c753317ea89d6a.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "standards": "No owner/occupier/tenant shall permit filth, garbage, refuse, vegetable/animal matter, stagnant/impure water or other matter offensive or dangerous to public health to accumulate; must keep premises clean and wholesome",
    "enforcement": "Removal by owner/occupant within 24 hours (or reasonable time) after written notice from Board of Health, or removal under Board direction at owner's expense"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 1",
    "enforcement": "s. 4"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/middleton/property-maintenance/text-164f208a62cb/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/middleton/property-maintenance/"
}