Kingston By-law 2005-100, s. 7.1 — Property Standards By-law

Despite any other provisions of this Bylaw, in this Part, "Maintenance" means routine, cyclical, non-destructive actions necessary to slow the deterioration of a Designated Heritage Property including the following:

• periodical inspection;
• Property cleanup;
• gardening and repair of landscape features;
• replacement of broken glass in windows;
• minor exterior repairs, including replacement of individual asphalt shingles where there is little or no change in colour or design;
• repainting where there is little or no change in colour;
• re-pointing areas of wall space under 1.5 square metres;
• caulking and weatherproofing;
• and any other work defined as maintenance in a Designation Bylaw, a Minister's Order made pursuant to Section 34.5 of the Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c.0.18, as amended, or as otherwise defined in Bylaw 2013-141, the Procedural Bylaw for Heritage, as amended.