{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003522",
 "municipality": "Fort Smith",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Northwest Territories",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-04",
 "official_website": "http://fortsmith.ca",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Unsightly Land By-law No. 855",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.fortsmith.ca/media/822",
   "summary": "Controls and prevents the unsightly appearance of land and minimizes its effects on adjoining property, under the Cities, Towns and Villages Act. OCR-confirmed By-law 855. URL corrected to the actual PDF (/media/822).",
   "capture_sha256": "9897223f43893fc06f267815c0ba442600a16a3d8811718b8c69b69365e09d38",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/9897223f43893fc06f267815c0ba442600a16a3d8811718b8c69b69365e09d38.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Prohibits unsightly land: accumulation of rubbish/refuse, inoperative vehicles/machinery, construction/industrial vehicles in residential setting, animal/yard material, ashes, building materials, garbage, graffiti/dilapidated surfaces, grass over 6 inches",
    "enforcement": "Enforcement Officer issues Clean Up Order; if not complied with, Town may carry out work and charge cost against owner as taxes; appeal to Council within 14 days"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2 (\"Unsightly Land\")",
    "enforcement": "s. 6; s. 16"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/nt/fort-smith/property-maintenance/text-9897223f4389/",
   "transcript_quality": "ocr"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/nt/fort-smith/property-maintenance/"
}