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Bylaw 513-23
Village of Duchess
BYLAW NO. 513/23
Community Standards Bylaw
A BYLAW OF THE CITY OF BROOKS IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA RESPECTING COMMUNITY
STANDARDS.
WHEREAS, the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000, Chapter M-26, authorizes a Council to pass
bylaws respecting the safety, health and welfare of people and the protection of people and
property;
AND WHEREAS, the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000, Chapter M-26, authorizes a Council to
pass bylaws respecting people, activities and things on or near a public place or place that is open
to the public;
AND WHEREAS, the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000, Chapter M-26, authorizes a Council to
pass bylaws respecting nuisances, including unsightly property;
AND WHEREAS, the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000, Chapter M-26, authorizes a Council to
pass bylaws respecting the creation of offences and the remedying of contraventions;
AND WHEREAS, it is desirable to have regulations which affect property, nuisances, tree
maintenance, noise and public behavior in order to benefit the community as a whole;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the Village of Duchess, in the Province of Alberta, hereby
enacts as follows:
Section 1- Short Title
1.0
This Bylaw may be referred to as the "Community Standards Bylaw".
Section 2 - Definitions
2.0 In this Bylaw, unless the content otherwise requires,
a.
"Act" means the Municipal Government Act RSA 2000 c-M-26 and regulations made
under the Municipal Government Act as amended;
b.
"Building Material" means all Construction and demolition material accumulated on
Premises arising from the Construction, alteration, repair or demolition of any Structure
and includes, but is not limited to, earth, vegetation or rock displaced during such
Construction, alteration, repair or demolition;
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c.
"Bullying" means verbal or physical abuse, threats, taunts, teasing, name calling and put
downs, written or electronically transmitted, or repeated abusive communication directly or
indirectly through any medium whatsoever;
d.
"Bylaw" means the Village of Duchess Bylaw 513/23 as may be amended from time to time;
e.
"Cannabis" means any part of a Cannabis plant, including the Phyto cannabinoids produced
by, or found in, such a plant, regardless of whether that part has been processed or not;
f.
"Chief Administrative Officer" means the Chief Administrative Officer of the Village of
Duchess regardless of any subsequent title that may be conferred on that officer by Council
or statute, or their designate;
g.
"Commercial" means a business use or activity at a scale greater
than home industry involving retail or wholesale marking of goods
and services;
h.
"Construction" means the temporary process of excavating,
demolishing or building any Structure, or repairing or improving a
Structure that already exists, including landscaping, home repair
and/or renovation, Property improvement and any work in
connection with that process;
i.
"Consume" means to eat, drink, or ingest Cannabis in any form,
whether through beverages, food, sprays, capsules, or high
potency concentrates;
j.
"Council" means the Municipal Council of the Village of Duchess;
k.
"Court" means a Provincial Court of competent jurisdiction within
the Province of Alberta;
l.
"Day-time" means the period:
-
beginning at 7:00 A.M. and ending at 10:00 P.M. of
the same day on Weekdays; or,
-
beginning at 9:00 A.M. and ending at 10:00 P.M. of
the same day on a Weekend.
m. "Development Permit" means a document that is issued by a
development authority under the Village of Duchess Land Use Bylaw
which authorizes a development;
n.
"Fire Receptacle" includes a permanently affixed outdoor fire place or a portable fire pit
where fuel source may be wood, gas or any other combustible substance;
o.
"Good Repair" means maintaining the condition of an object or
Structure such that it does not become untidy, Unsightly or
dangerous and such that the object or Structure can continue to
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be used in the means that it was originally intended. The condition
should be free from:
-
significant damage;
-
peeling surfaces;
-
broken, missing or fallen parts;
-
rot or other significant deterioration;
-
openings which are not secured against trespassers
or infiltration of air and precipitation; or,
-
other
visual
evidence
of
a
lack
of
general
maintenance;
p.
"Highway" means any thoroughfare, street, road, trail, avenue, parkway, driveway, viaduct, lane,
alley, square, bridge, causeway, trestleway or other place or any part of any of them, whether
publicly or privately owned, that the public is ordinarily entitled or permitted to use for the
passage or parking of vehicles and includes a Sidewalk, including a boulevard adjacent to the
Sidewalk, if a ditch lies adjacent to and parallel with the roadway, the ditch, and if a Highway
right of way is contained between fences or between a fence and one side of the roadway, all
the land between the fences, or all the land between the fence and the edge of the roadway, as
the case may be, but does not include a place declared by regulation not to be a highway as
defined in the Traffic Safety Act, R.S.A. 2000, c. T-6;
q.
"Industrial" means the use of land and/or buildings for the purpose of manufacturing,
processing, refining, storing, and/or distributing materials or products for sale or application
elsewhere. Any on-premises sales shall be incidental to the operation of the industry;
r.
"Land Use Bylaw" means the Village of Duchess Land Use Bylaw No. 482-19, as amended or
replaced from time to time;
s.
"Litter" means any solid or liquid material or product or combination of solid or liquid materials
or products, including, but not limited to:
- any rubbish, refuse, garbage, paper, package, container, bottle, can, manure, or sewage or the
whole or a part of an animal carcass; or
- the whole or part of any article, raw or processed material, Motor Vehicle, or other
machinery, that is disposed of; or,
- any other material or product that is designated as Litter in the Alberta Environmental
Protection and Enhancement Act, as amended and the Regulations thereunder;
t.
"Loiter" means when done idly or without apparent purpose, to stand or wait around, hang
around, linger, tarry, saunter, delay, or dawdle:
u.
"Motor Vehicle" as defined in the Traffic Safety Act, R.S.A. 2000, Chapter T-6, as amended,
means:
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a vehicle propelled by any power other than muscular power; a moped;
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a motorcycle that is mounted on 2 or 3 wheels and includes those Motor Vehicles known in the
automotive trade as motor cycles and scooters;
-
an off-Highway vehicle or any motorized mode of transportation built for cross-country travel on
land, water, snow, ice or marsh or swamp land or on other natural terrain; but,
-
does not include a bicycle, a power bicycle, an aircraft, an implement of husbandry or a Motor
Vehicle that runs only on rails;
v.
"Motorized Garden Tool" means any tool used for horticulture that is powered by an electric or
internal combustion engine of any kind;
w.
"Night-time" means the period beginning at 10:00 P.M. and ending the following day at:
-
7:00 A.M. if the following day is a Weekday; or,
-
9:00 A.M. if the following day is a Weekend;
x.
"Non-residential" means any area that is not described in the definition of Residential;
y.
"Notice of Entry" means a document addressed to an Owner or Occupier giving notice that a
Peace Officer or another employee or agent of the Village of Duchess shall be entering their
Property and shall state the date, time and reason for entry;
z.
"Nuisance" means an act or omission that obstructs, damages, or inconveniences another Person
or Property;
aa.
"Occupier" means a Person occupying or exercising control or having the right to occupy or
exercise control over a Premises, including but not restricted to a lessee, occupant, or agent of
an Owner;
bb. "Operator" as defined in the Traffic Safety Act, R.S.A. 2000, Chapter T-6, as amended, means a
Person who is driving or is in actual physical control of a Motor Vehicle;
cc.
Owner" means
-in the case of land, to be registered under the Land Titles Act as the Owner of the fee simple
estate in a parcel of land; or,
-in the case of personal Property, to be in lawful possession or have the right to exercise control
over it; or,
- in the case of a Motor Vehicle, to be the registered Owner of the Motor Vehicle;
dd. "Panhandling" means to communicate using the spoken, written or printed word, a gesture or
another means, for the purposes of the personal and direct solicitation of gratuitous donations
of money, food or goods of any kind from any other Person, but does not include a solicitation
allowed or authorized pursuant to the Charitable Fund-raising Act, R.S.A. 2000, Chapter C-9, as
amended;
ee.
"Peace Officer" means a Bylaw Enforcement Officer appointed by the Village of Duchess
pursuant to Section 555 of the Municipal Government Act and for the purpose of enforcement
of this Bylaw, also includes a Community Peace Officer or a member of the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police;
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ff.
"Person" means any Person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or
organization of any kind;
gg.
"Premises" means the surface of all Structures and the whole or part of any parcel of real
Property, including the land immediately adjacent to any Structure or Structures;
hh. "Property" means personal material goods, or a parcel of land including any Structures;
ii.
"Public Place" means any place to which the public has access, as of right, or by invitation,
whether expressed or implied;
jj.
"Remedial Order" means an order written pursuant to Section 545 and Section 546 of the
Municipal Government Act, as amended;
kk.
"Residential" means a room or suite of rooms which form a dwelling unit that is exclusively used
for human habitation purposes and includes houses, duplexes, fourplexes, townhouses,
condominiums, apartments, and includes a vacant lot within a Residential area;
ll.
"Sidewalk" means that portion of a Highway, between the curb lines or lateral lines of a roadway
and the adjacent Property lines, which has been improved for the use of pedestrians;
mm. "Scavenge" means to take or gather from discarded material;
nn. "Smoke or Smoking" means inhaling or exhaling the Smoke or vapor produced by burning or
heating Cannabis; or holding or otherwise having control of any device or thing containing lit or
heated Cannabis, including any type of electronic Smoking device;
oo. "Structure" means a building or other thing erected or placed in, on, over or under land, whether
or not it is so affixed to the land as to become transferred without special mention by a transfer
or sale of the land;
pp. "Village" means the Village of Duchess, a Municipal Corporation in the Province of Alberta, or
the geographical area contained within the Village of Duchess
qq. "Violation Tag" means a tag or similar document issued by the Village Pursuant to the Act;
rr.
"Violation Ticket" means a ticket issued pursuant to Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedures
Act, R.S.A 2000, c P-34 as amended and any Regulations thereto; and the Provincial
Administrative Penalties Act, as amended and any Regulations thereto;
ss.
"Weekday" means Monday through Friday, inclusive unless it falls on a holiday; and,
tt.
"Weekend" means Saturday, Sunday and any other holiday.
Section 3 Public Behavior
3.0 No Person shall conduct themselves or behave in a manner that unreasonably disturbs other
Persons in the Village or unreasonably interferes with their enjoyment of the Village.
Human Waste/Urinating/Defecating
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3.1 No Person shall urinate, defecate or deposit any human waste in any Public Place, in view of
any Public Place or in any place to which the public is allowed access, other than at a facility
designed for such use.
3.2 No Person shall spit at or on any Person or in any Public Place within the Village.
Fighting
3.3 A Person shall not participate in a fight or other similar physical confrontation in any Public
Place or any place to which the public is allowed access.
3.4 Notwithstanding Subsection 3.3, this prohibition does not apply to participants of an organized
sporting event who are governed by the rules of conduct of that sporting event.
Dangerous Actions
3.5 A Person shall not throw or propel an object, or act in any other way, in a Public Place that is
reasonably likely to cause injury to another Person or damage to a Premises.
Bullying
3.6 No Person shall Bully any Person in any Public Place or any place to which the public is allowed
access.
Loitering
3.7 No person shall Loiter in or near a Public Place in a way that obstructs any other Person's lawful
use or enjoyment of that Public Place.
Panhandling
3.8 No Person shall engage in Panhandling within the Village:
a. between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.;
b. as a group of two or more Persons;
c. from any Person who at the time is an occupant or engaged in operating a Motor Vehicle;
d. from a Person who has refused or declined such solicitation;
e. so as to obstruct the passage of, walk next to, ahead of, or follow the Person being solicited;
f. within 10 meters of the entrance to any businesses or public buildings within the Village,
g. within 10 meters of a bank, credit union, trust company or other financial institution where
cash can be withdrawn; or, an automated teller machine or other device from which cash can
be electronically accessed.
Scavenging
3.9 No Person shall Scavenge, pick over, disturb, remove, scatter or convert to their own use, Waste
that has been set out for Collection; or,
3.10
Scavenge, pick over, disturb, remove, scatter, or convert to their own use, Waste from
any sanitary landfill or disposal site except as expressly authorized in writing by the CAO for the
purposes of a recycling or recovery program.
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Cannabis
3.11
No Person shall Smoke or Consume Cannabis in any Public Place.
Section 4 Fire on Premises
4.1 Except for a fire which is in compliance with the Fire Department, no Person shall ignite or allow
to be ignited a fire in a Fire Receptacle that does not comply with the requirements of this Bylaw.
4.2 A fire in a Fire Receptacle shall be always supervised.
4.3 Residential Fire Pit Guidelines:
a. Minimum 4 metres (13 ft) clearance from all trees and shrubs, overhanging branches,
combustible structures. Fire pits connected to deck and patios must comply with the
regulations for materials and clearances as required by the Alberta Building Code for
fireplaces.
b. Steel fire spark grate -mesh spacing no greater than 7 millimetres (0.25inches)
c. Maximum 60 centimetre (24 inch inside diameter concrete, brick, or steel fire ring, with a
minimum 15 centimetre (6 inch) thick combustible base over organic soil.
d. Minimum 60 centimetre (24 Inch) wide by 20 centimetre (8 inch) deep apron or non-
combustible material such as concrete, gravel, shale, or sand.
4.4 No Person shall burn, at any time, on any premises, the follow materials:
a. Treated or painted lumber;
b. Lumber products containing glue or resin;
c. Wet or unseasoned wood:
d. Leaves, brush or yard waste;
e. Garbage;
f. Rubber, tires or plastic; or
g. Any animal carcass or part thereof.
Section 5. Enforcement
Scope
5. In making a determination as to contraventions of this Bylaw, a Peace Officer or the Court may
take into consideration any or all of the following factors:
a. the frequency of the activity;
b.
the intensity and duration of the activity;
c.
the time of day or season;
d.
the nature of the surrounding area;
e.
the effect of the thing or activity on a complainant or complainants; and,
f.
the effect of the thing or activity on the surrounding area.
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General Penalty Provisions
5.1 A Peace Officer is for the purposes of enforcement of this Bylaw, a designated officer of the
Village.
5.2 A Person who contravenes or does not comply with any provision of this Bylaw is guilty of an
offence.
5.3 Fines and penalties imposed on a conviction for an offence under this Bylaw are an amount owing
to the Village.
5.4 The levying and payment of any fine or the imprisonment for any period provided in this Bylaw
shall not relieve a Person from the necessity of paying any fees, charges or costs from which that
Person is liable under the provisions of this Bylaw or any other Bylaw.
5.5 Nothing in this Bylaw relieves a Person from complying with any Federal or Provincial Law or
Regulation, other Bylaw or any requirements of any lawful permit, order, consent, or other
direction.
5.6 Where this Bylaw refers to another act, regulation, or agency, it includes reference to
any act, regulation or agency that may be substituted, therefore.
5.7 Any Person who breaches any provision of the Bylaw is guilty of an offence and liable:
a. upon the issuance of a Violation Tag to the specified penalty as listed on Schedule "A"
attached to and forming part of this Bylaw; or,
b.
upon summary conviction to a fine of not less than the amount
specified on Schedule "A" attached to and forming part of this Bylaw for each offence,
exclusive of costs; or,
c.
to a fine of not more than $10,000 or to imprisonment or not more
than one year, or to both fine and
imprisonment.
5.8 A Peace Officer is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a Violation Tag to any person
who has contravened any provision of this Bylaw.
5.9 Violation Tag shall be deemed to be sufficiently served if:
a. served personally on the accused; or,
b. mailed to the address of the registered Owner of the property concerned or to the person
concerned: or
c. served personally upon the manager, secretary, receptionist, or other officer or Person
apparently in charge at any premises of the accused, or by mailing a copy to such accused.
5.10
A Violation Tag shall state:
a. the name of the Person or other information to adequately identify the Person;
b. approximate location of where the offence took place;
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c. the offence;
d. the penalty for the offence set out on Schedule "A" of the Bylaw;
e. that the penalty shall be paid within fourteen (14) days
from the issuance of the Violation Tag; and,
f. any other information deemed necessary by the Chief Administrative Officer or by the
provisions of the Act or the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, RSA 2000, c P-34 and/or the
Provincial Administrative Penalties Act, as amended, or as repealed and replaced from time
to time.
5.11 Where a breach of this Bylaw is of a continuing nature, each day on which it continues or
is repeated shall constitute a separate offense and shall be liable to a separate penalty.
5.12
Where a Violation Tag has been issued for breach of any provision of this Bylaw, the
Person to whom the Violation Tag is issued may, in lieu of being prosecuted for the offence, pay
to the City the penalty specified on the Violation Tag.
5.13
Nothing in the Bylaw shall prevent a Peace Officer from immediately issuing a
Violation Ticket.
a. if a Person upon whom a Violation Tag is served above fails to pay the voluntary payment
within the time specified, a Peace Officer is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a
Violation Ticket pursuant to Part II of the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, RSA 2000, c P-
34, and/or the Provincial Administrative Penalties Act, as amended, or as repealed and
replaced from time to time.
b. the person to whom the Violation Ticket may, in the case of a Violation Ticket issued pursuant
to the Provincial Offences Procedure Act, RSA 2000, c P-34, and/or the Provincial
Administrative Penalties Act, as amended, or as repealed from time to time plead guilty by
making a voluntary payment in respect to the summons by delivering to the Provincial Court,
on or before the initial appearance date, the Violation Ticket together with an amount equal
to the specified penalty for the offence as provided for in Schedule "A" to this Bylaw
c. any Person who is guilty by way of summary conviction of an offense under the provisions of
this Bylaw shall be liable for a fine of not less than the amount specified for that particular
breach of this Bylaw, plus associated court costs pursuant to Part II of the Provincial Offences
Procedure Act, RSA 2000, c P-34, and/or the Provincial Administrative Penalties Act, as
amended, or as repealed from time to time.
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Remedial Orders
5.14
A Peace Officer is hereby authorized and empowered to issue a Remedial Order to
any Person whom the Peace Officer has reasonable and probable grounds to believe has contravened
any provision of this Bylaw.
5.15
A Remedial Order written pursuant to this Bylaw may:
a. direct a Person to stop doing something, or to change the way in which the Person is doing
it;
b. directs a Person to take any action or measures necessary to remedy the contravention of
this Bylaw, including the removal or demolition of a Structure that has been erected or placed
in contravention of any Village bylaw, and, if necessary, to prevent a re-occurrence of the
contravention;
c. state a time within which a Person must comply with the directions; and,
d. state that if the Person does not comply with the directions within a specified time, the Village
will act or take measures at the expense of the Person.
5.16
A Remedial Order written pursuant to this Bylaw may be served:
a. in the case of an individual:
i. by physically delivering it to the Person; or,
ii. by mail addressed to the Person at their apparent place of residence or at any address for the
Person on the tax roll of the Village or at the Land Titles office. A Remedial Order is deemed to
be received seven (7) days after it is mailed.
b. in the case of a company or corporation or other such entity:
i. by physically delivering it to any director or officer of the company;
ii. by physically delivering it to a Person apparently in charge of an office of the company at an
address held out by the company to be its address; or,
iii. by mail addressed to the registered office of the company. A Remedial Order is deemed to be
received seven (7) days after it is mailed.
5.17
If, in the opinion of a Peace Officer, service of the Remedial Order cannot be
reasonably affected, or if the Peace Officer believes that the Owner and/or Occupier of the Premises
is evading service, the Peace Officer may post the Remedial Order in a conspicuous place on the
Premises to which the Remedial Order relates, or on the private dwelling place of the Owner of the
Premises, as registered at the Land Titles office or on the municipal tax roll for the Premises, and the
Remedial Order shall be deemed to be served upon the expiry of three (3) days after the Remedial
Order is posted.
5.18
Every Person who fails to comply with a Remedial Order issued pursuant to this Bylaw
within the time set out in the Remedial Order commits an offence.
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5.19
If the Person to whom a Remedial Order has been issued fails to comply with the
Remedial Order within the time specified therein:
a. The Village may take whatever steps are necessary to remedy the contravention of this
Bylaw and the cost of doing so becomes a debt owing to the Village by the Person to whom
the order was issued;
b. any items removed pursuant to Section 6 if deemed of value by the Village, will be removed
to a place of safe keeping and will:
i. be assessed a daily fee for storage as may be determined from time to time by the
Chief Administrative Officer; and,
ii. come into the possession of the Village and will be retained for thirty (30 days) from
the date it comes into possession of the Village unless it is unsafe, unsanitary or
perishable, in which case it may be disposed of at any time, and whereas:
iii. the Property is not claimed within thirty (30) days, it becomes the Property of the
Village and the Village may dispose of the Property by public auction or as directed
by Council;
iv. the purchaser of the unclaimed Property will become the absolute Owner of it; or,
v. a prior Owner of the Property is entitled to the proceeds of the sale less all expenses
incurred by the Village if the prior Owner makes a claim to the Village within ninety
(90) days after the date of the sale and if the sale proceeds are not claimed within
ninety (90) days from the date of the sale, the rights of any prior Owner to the sale
proceeds are extinguished and the sale proceeds belong to the Village.
5.20 If, in the opinion of the Chief Administrative Officer, a contravention of this Bylaw requires
immediate action, the Village may perform any removal or work necessary to address the
contravention of this Bylaw without prior notice or a Remedial Order and all costs incurred by the
Village will be payable by the Person alleged to have contravened this Bylaw.
Notice of Entry & Inspections
5.21 A Peace Officer may give a minimum twenty-four (24) hour Notice of Entry to an Owner
and/or Occupier of a Premises to enter into or upon any Premises within the City, pursuant to
authority set out in Section 542 of the Act, to carry out an inspection, remedy, enforcement or
action for the purpose of ensuring compliance with this Bylaw.
5.22
If a Person refuses to allow or interferes with the entry onto a Premises, inspection,
enforcement or action required to ensure compliance with this Bylaw and/or refuses to
produce anything to assist in the inspection, remedy, enforcement or action required to
ensure compliance with this Bylaw, the Village may apply to the Court of Kings Bench where
the Court may issue an order to restrain a Person from preventing or interfering with the entry
onto a Premises, inspection, enforcement or action or require the production of anything to
assist in the inspection, remedy, enforcement or action to ensure compliance with this Bylaw.
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Notice of Appeal
5.23
A Person who has received a Remedial Order may request Council to review the
Remedial Order issued in accordance with this Bylaw by written Notice of Appeal within
seven (7) days of the date the Remedial Order is received.
5.24
Each Notice of Appeal shall:
a. State with reasonable detail, the grounds of appeal;
b. State the name, address, and interest of the appellant; and,
c. be dated and signed by the appellant or on their behalf by their agent and, if signed by an
agent shall state the name and address of the agent as well as that of the appellant.
5.25 When hearing an appeal Council shall:
a. hold a hearing within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Remedial Order;
b. ensure that the notice of the hearing is mailed to the appellant at least five (5) days prior to
the date of the hearing;
c. consider each appeal having due regard to the circumstances and merits of the case and to
this Bylaw;
d. not be bound by the rules of evidence applicable to Courts of civil or criminal jurisdiction;
e. afford to every Person concerned the opportunity to be heard, to submit evidence of others;
and,
f. make and keep a written record of its proceeding which shall be in the form of a summary
of the evidence presented to Council at the hearing.
5.26
In determining an appeal, Council:
a. may confirm, vary, substitute, or cancel the Remedial Order; and,
b. shall render its decision in writing to the appellant within fifteen (15) days from the date of
decision.
Section 6 - Severability:
6.0 It is the intention of Council that each separate provision of this Bylaw shall be
deemed independent of all other provisions herein and it is the further intention of Council that
if any provision of this Bylaw is declared invalid, all other provisions herein shall remain valid
and enforceable.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
This Bylaw shall take effect at the date of final passing thereof.
Read it for the first time on the 23rd day of October 2023.
Read a second time this 20 day of November 2023.
Read a third time and final time passed this 20 day of November 2023.
DEPUTY MAYOR
Deborah Reid-Mickler
Chief Administrative Officer
Yvonne Cosh
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Schedule "A" - Specified Penalties
Bylaw 513.23
Subsection
Offence
Penalty
Second or
Subsequent
Offence Within
One (1) Year
3.0
Unreasonably disturbing /
interfering with another Person's
enjoyment of the Village
Youth (Under
18)
$250.00
Adult
$500.00
Youth (Under 18)
$500.00
Adult
$1,000.00
3.1
Urinate, defecate or deposit human
waste in a Public Place
$250.00
$500.00
3.2
Spitting at / on another Person /
within a Public Place
$250.00
$500.00
3.3
Fighting in a Public Place
Youth (Under
18) - $250.00
Adult - $500.00
Youth (Under 18)
- $500.00
Adult - $1000.00
3.5
Throw / propel an object in a Public
Place that is reasonably likely to
cause injury or damage
$250.00
$500.00
3.6
Bullying
Youth (Under
18) - $150.00
Adult - $500.00
Youth (Under 18)
- $250.00
Adult - $1000.00
3.7
Loitering
$150.00
$300.00
3.8
Panhandling by prohibited means
$150.00
$300.00
3.9
Scavenging through Waste
$250.00
$400.00
3.10
Scavenging through landfill or
disposal site
$250.00
$400.00
3.11
Smoking Cannabis in a Public
Place
$250.00
$500.00
4.1-4.4
Non-compliant Fire on Premise
250.00
500.00
5.18
Fail to remedy contraventions
$300.00
$600.00