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 "answer": "In the City of Prince George, British Columbia, standards: No person shall cause or permit a nuisance: noise, littering, odour, accumulation of water/liquids, unsanitary conditions, or other objectionable situations; enforcement: Council may issue written order to abate; if ignored, City may abate at owner/occupier expense and recover costs as debt or via property taxes; standards: Refuse/garbage accumulation, unsightly/untidy property, derelict vehicles, broken fencing, dead or overgrown landscaping, building decay, graffiti, noxious weeds, lawn over 10 inches; enforcement: Bylaw notice, then written order; if owner fails to comply, City performs work and recovers costs including $200 administrative cost from owner. Source: Nuisance Abatement and Cost Recovery Bylaw No. 8940, 2018; Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 8425, 2012, verified 2026-06-08.",
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 "municipality": "Prince George",
 "status_type": "City",
 "jurisdiction": "British Columbia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-08",
 "official_website": "https://princegeorge.ca/",
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   "title": "Nuisance Abatement and Cost Recovery Bylaw No. 8940, 2018",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
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   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2018-02-05",
   "document_url": "https://princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2023-04/BL8940_BYLAW-ADOPTED.pdf",
   "summary": "Authorises the city to abate nuisances and recover remediation costs from property owners.",
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   "facts": {
    "standards": "No person shall cause or permit a nuisance: noise, littering, odour, accumulation of water/liquids, unsanitary conditions, or other objectionable situations",
    "enforcement": "Council may issue written order to abate; if ignored, City may abate at owner/occupier expense and recover costs as debt or via property taxes"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 2.1(a)(b); s. 1.1 definition of \"nuisance\"",
    "enforcement": "s. 3.2(a), s. 3.3, s. 4.1, s. 4.2(a)(b)"
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   "title": "Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 8425, 2012",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": "2013-01-07",
   "document_url": "https://www.princegeorge.ca/sites/default/files/2023-04/BL8425_BYLAW_CONSOLIDATED.pdf",
   "summary": "Requires property owners to maintain premises to minimum standards; prohibits unsightly conditions.",
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   "captured_at": "2026-06-12T02:48:21+00:00",
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   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/433369de1f9747efd9b2c00c969fe04386e250b08843d10afe11193c68dcfd38.pdf",
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   "facts": {
    "standards": "Refuse/garbage accumulation, unsightly/untidy property, derelict vehicles, broken fencing, dead or overgrown landscaping, building decay, graffiti, noxious weeds, lawn over 10 inches",
    "enforcement": "Bylaw notice, then written order; if owner fails to comply, City performs work and recovers costs including $200 administrative cost from owner"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "\"Unsightly Property\" definition, s. 4(1), s. 4(2), s. 6(2), s. 7",
    "enforcement": "s. 23, s. 24, s. 25, Schedule \"A\""
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}