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Good Neighbour Bylaw, 2024
Bylaw No. 3068-2024
[Consolidated and printed by authority of the Corporate Officer under section 139 of the Community Charter. Includes amendmen t
bylaw 3710-2026. Last amended March 31, 2026]
The Council of the City of Abbotsford, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
PART 1 - GENERAL
Definitions
1. In this bylaw
"alteration" means a change made to the structural, mechanical or electrical components of a
controlled substance property;
"arterial highway" has the same meaning as in the Transportation Act;
"boulevard" has the same meaning as in the Street and Traffic Bylaw;
"building" has the same meaning as in the Building Bylaw;
"building material" means material used in the construction of a structure or in landscaping,
including lumber, gypsum board, windows, doors, fill and soil;
"building official" has the same meaning as in the Building Bylaw;
"building permit" has the same meaning as in the Building Bylaw;
"bylaw enforcement officer" has the same meaning as in the Bylaw Enforcement Bylaw;
"contaminant" means a substance that can render a property unfit for habitation;
"controlled substance" means a controlled substance regulated under the Controlled Drugs and
Substances Act or Cannabis Act, but does not include
(a) a substance possessed in accordance with an authorization issued under the Controlled
Drugs and Substances Act, or
(b) a substance possessed in relation to an order of the Minister of Health issued under the
Emergency Health Services Act or the Health Authorities Act;
"controlled substance property" means a property used for the cultivation, production, use, sale
or trade of a controlled substance;
"dangerous goods" has the same meaning as in the Transport of Dangerous Goods Act;
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"discarded materials" includes materials not in use for the construction or maintenance of a
building situated on a property and not neatly piled or stacked against a wall or fence, such as
appliances, inoperable vehicles or motor vehicle parts, machinery, compostable waste,
firewood, and any other chattels in a dismantled state or not in use for the purpose for which
the manufacturer intended;
"disinfect" means to cause a property to be substantially free of any pesticides, fertilizers or toxic
chemicals, moulds or fungi;
"drainage facility" includes a drain inlet, a catch basin grate, a culvert headwall and a lawn basin
inlet;
"excessive nuisance abatement fee" includes the following fully loaded costs and expenses
incurred while responding to a nuisance service call for the purpose of abating a nuisance
activity, condition or conduct:
(a) peace officer and City staff salaries;
(b) peace officer, fire and City equipment and vehicles;
(c) administration costs incurred by the City to respond to a nuisance service call and abate a
nuisance;
(d) repairs to damaged City equipment, vehicles or property;
"fire chief" has the same meaning as in the Fire Service Bylaw;
"general manager" means the general manager responsible for legal and legislative services of
the City, and includes a person acting under the authority of the general manager;
"graffiti" includes one or more letters, symbols, writing, pictures or marks, however made, posted,
scratched, painted or drawn on any structure or thing but does not include any of the following:
(a) a sign, public notice or traffic control mark authorized by the engineer or a domestic
enactment; or
(b) in the case of private property, a letter, symbol or mark for which the owner of the property
on which the letter, symbol or mark appears has given prior, written authorization;
"hazardous condition" means
(a) any real or potential risk of fire,
(b) any real or potential risk to the health or safety of a person or property,
(c) any unapproved building alteration or other modifications made to a property, or
(d) repairs needed to a property;
"herbicide" means a substance used to control a noxious weed;
"highway" has the same meaning as in the Street and Traffic Bylaw;
"inoperable vehicle" means any motor vehicle, including an unregistered motor vehicle, that
cannot be started and moved under its own power without the assistance of another person,
motor vehicle, or gravity;
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"inspector" means
(a) the general manager,
(b) the fire chief,
(c) a building official,
(d) a bylaw enforcement officer,
(e) a peace officer,
(f)
the manager, bylaw services,
(g) the engineer,
(h) a person designated by the City to inspect buildings in respect of gas or electrical
standards, and
(i)
other persons designated by Council by name or office or otherwise to act in the place of
the persons, officers or employees referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h);
"manager, bylaw services" means the person in charge of bylaw services, or that person's
designate;
"motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicle Act;
"noxious or offensive business activity" includes a business activity conducted in connection
with a controlled substance property;
"noxious weed" has the same meaning as in the Weed Control Act;
"nuisance service call" means a City or peace officer response to and abatement of any activity,
conduct or condition occurring on or near a property that substantially and unreasonably
interferes with another person's use and enjoyment of a public place or of property occupied
by that person, or that causes injury to the health, comfort or convenience of an occupier of
property and that is caused by or arises from a person's failure to comply with the
requirements of this bylaw;
"outdoor light" means any light source that is not fully enclosed in a building or structure;
"parcel" has the same meaning as in the Community Charter;
"park" has the same meaning as in the Parks Bylaw;
"pesticide" means a substance or mixture, including a chemical, used to destroy, prevent, repel
or mitigate fungi or animal pests or microorganisms such as bacteria or viruses, and includes
herbicides, fungicides, other substances used to control pests, plant regulators, defoliants or
desiccants;
"professional cleaner" means a person experienced in removing contaminants from a property
who possesses a Building Services Worker Certificate and is trained in the Workplace
Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS);
"public place" means
(a) a highway open to public use, and
(b) any park, building, conveyance, private place or passageway to which the public has, or is
permitted to have access or is invited;
"re-occupancy permit" means a document in writing issued by a building official to re-occupy a
building or part in respect of which the building official issued an order to cease occupancy
because of a hazardous condition;
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"restoration inspection" means an inspection by a building official confirming that building
deficiencies identified in a special safety inspection are corrected;
"roadway" has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicle Act;
"rubbish" means solid and semi-solid wastes including, paper, trash, refuse, cardboard, waste
material, demolition material, cans, bottles, yard clippings, wood, rubber, plastics, glass,
bedding, mattresses, crates, pallets, rags, barrels, boxes, scrap iron and other metal, scrap
paving material, broken flower pots, discarded tanks of fuel and propane, discarded household
appliances and discarded furniture;
"service costs" means all direct and indirect costs incurred by the City for the dismantling and
removal of materials, equipment and by-products from a controlled substance property,
including
(a) all costs, including salaries and other related personnel costs, such as stand-by costs,
incurred for dismantling, disassembly, removal, clean-up, transportation, storage and
disposal of equipment, substances, materials and other paraphernalia associated with
such use, trade, business or manufacture,
(b) costs incurred to replace consumables, or to replace equipment following exposure to
contaminants,
(c) costs incurred as the result of the analysis of the materials found at the property and the
health and safety conditions at the property, and
(d) actual costs incurred for legal fees;
"shielded" means attached covers or shades for outdoor light fixtures that prevent light trespass,
such as back, front, or side shields, as well as uplight shielding to ensure that light is not
emitted above a horizontal plane.
"sidewalk" has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicle Act;
"sight-distance" means a clear line of vision between conflicting motorists, cyclists and
pedestrians that allows sufficient time for safe manoeuvres to be made without significantly
affecting the conflicting traffic;
"special safety inspection" means an inspection coordinated with a municipal department,
provincial or federal authorities and independent professionals or contractors as may be
necessary to ascertain hazardous conditions or contraventions that may exist under the BC
Building Code, BC Fire Code, Safety Standards Act, Health Act, or other applicable
enactments, but does include an inspection pursuant to an emergency call for police, fire or
ambulance services or an inspection carried out under a warrant as part of a criminal
investigation;
"structure" has the same meaning as in the Building Bylaw;
"temporary structure" includes a tent, canopy or tarp;
"transfer station" has the same meaning as in the Soil Removal and Deposit Bylaw;
"vacant premises" means a building, structure, or other improvement that has been unoccupied
(a) for a continuous period of more than 30 days, or
(b) as a result of a fire, disaster, inevitable accident, force majeure or other unavoidable
casualty for any length of time.
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Interpretation
2. The Interpretation Bylaw applies to this bylaw.
PART 2 - PROPERTY STANDARDS
Lights
3. (1) An owner or occupier of a parcel must ensure that an outdoor light on the parcel is shielded if
the illumination from the outdoor light could reasonably be expected to create a nuisance or
disturb the peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience of individuals or the public.
(2) The outdoor light referred to in subsection (1) does not include the following:
(a)
street lights;
(b)
vehicle lights;
(c)
lights on playing fields;
(d)
lights on school playgrounds;
(e)
decorative lights that are on display between October 15 and January 31.
Graffiti
4. A person must not place, or caused to be placed, graffiti on a wall, fence, building or other
structure on or adjacent to a highway or a public place.
Littering
5. (1) A person must not throw down, drop or otherwise deposit or leave rubbish in a public place,
except in a receptacle provided for that purpose.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), each separate item or bag of rubbish constitutes a
separate offence.
Dumping
6. (1) A person must not dump, place, leave or deposit rubbish or discarded materials
(a)
in any public place, or
(b)
on a property without written authorization from the owner of the property.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), each separate item or bag of rubbish or discarded material
constitutes a separate offence.
(3) A person who contravenes, directs, supervises or aids another person in contravening
subsection (1) must promptly
(a)
comply with a notice or direction of a bylaw enforcement officer to remove and transport
the rubbish or discarded materials to a transfer station,
(b)
carry out related remedial steps, and
(c)
take remedial action to restore the affected area to the condition that it was in before the
contravention of subsection (1) occurred.
General property maintenance
7. (1) An owner or occupier of a property must not
(a)
store outside
(i)
discarded materials,
(ii)
rubbish,
(iii)
inoperable vehicle or motor vehicle parts,
(iv) household chattels and fixtures,
(v)
furniture,
(vi) appliances, or
(vii) other similar household items,
(b)
store a motor vehicle, boat, trailer or recreational vehicle
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(i)
on a landscaped portion of the property,
(ii)
dismantled or broken up, or
(iii)
in a state of disrepair, including mould growth or one or more flat tires, unless the
motor vehicle, boat, trailer or recreational vehicle is in an enclosed building that
does not include a temporary structure and is not visible from another property or
public place,
(c)
accumulate building materials for more than 15 days without a valid building permit,
unless the building materials are stored in a closed building or structure such that the
building materials are not visible from another property or a public place,
(d)
cause or permit any of the following to accumulate on the property:
(i)
an uncontrolled growth of vegetation;
(ii)
cut tree branches;
(iii)
dead leaves;
(iv) fallen leaves;
(v)
dead bushes or other growth;
(vi) unstacked firewood;
(vii) dirt piles;
(viii) uncontaminated compost material,
(e)
cause or permit graffiti to remain on a wall, fence or elsewhere on the property that is
visible from a public place,
(f)
cause or permit grass, weeds or similar ground cover on the property to be over 10
inches in height, or
(g)
cause or permit the property to be a source of food, protection or harbourage for rodents
or other similar animals that could cause a nuisance.
(2) An owner or occupier of a property must ensure that
(a)
a building or structure on the property does not fall into such a state of disrepair that it
becomes unsightly or creates a hazard, danger, nuisance, or inconvenience to the
general public;
(b)
a fence, a retaining wall, or a wood tie located on the property and adjacent to a street
or public place is not
(i)
unstable,
(ii)
unsafe,
(iii)
rotting,
(iv) crumbling,
(v)
cracking,
(vi) leaning,
(vii) peeling, or
(viii) rusting.
Noxious weeds
8. (1) An owner or occupier of a property must not cause or permit a noxious weed to grow or
accumulate on the property.
(2) An owner or occupier of a property that contains a noxious weed must eradicate the noxious
weed.
(3) In eradicating the noxious weed referred to in subsection (2), the owner or occupier must
comply with all applicable provincial or federal regulations, including the Integrated Pest
Management Act, Integrated Pest Management Regulation and Pest Control Products Act.
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Vacant premises
9. (1) An owner of a vacant premises must ensure that the vacant premises are secured against
unauthorized entry or occupation, vandalism or other intentional damage or a fire hazard by
doing one or more of the following:
(a)
affixing a structural barrier to windows and other points of ingress using materials and
installation that are effective in precluding easy entry;
(b)
installing and maintaining security fencing or other perimeter barriers and a security
lighting system that does not impact neighbouring properties;
(c)
installing a security alarm system;
(d)
hiring security or guard patrols on a frequent and periodic basis;
(e)
utilizing or installing other security measures or devices that are satisfactory to a bylaw
enforcement officer.
Boulevard and sidewalk maintenance
10. (1) An owner or occupier of a property must maintain a boulevard and sidewalk fronting the
property in the following manner:
(a)
remove accumulations of filth, rubbish, discarded materials, hazardous objects and
other materials which obstruct a drainage facility;
(b)
keep grassed areas trimmed;
(c)
keep landscaping trimmed so that driveway and intersection sight-distances are
unobstructed;
(d)
keep landscaping from encroaching over paved roadways, gravel shoulders and
sidewalks;
(e)
remove snow or ice from the roof or other part of any structure on property adjacent to
or abutting any portion of any boulevard or roadway.
(2) An owner or occupier of a property must remove all snow and ice from a sidewalk or walkway
bordering the property no later than 12:00 p.m. on the day following the snowfall if the property
is
(a)
commercial,
(b)
industrial,
(c)
multi-family,
(d)
single family, or
(e)
duplex residential.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a boulevard fronting the arterial highway unless the front of
the property faces such arterial highway.
(4) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply if the property is a through lot abutting both an arterial
highway and an internal street that runs approximately parallel to the arterial highway.
(5) Despite subsection (1), an owner or occupier of a property is not required to maintain a
boulevard or sidewalk fronting a roadway if the front of the property does not face the roadway.
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PART 3 - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PROPERTY
Division 1 - Property Health and Safety Regulations
Prohibitions
11. (1) A person must not do, cause or permit to be done any of the following:
(a)
disconnect, or otherwise tamper with, a meter installed on the property in connection
with
(i)
an electricity distribution system such that the meter diverts electricity and cannot
register the consumption of electricity from the electricity distribution system, or
(ii)
a water distribution system such that the meter diverts water and cannot register
the consumption of water from the water distribution system;
(b)
divert exhaust from a hot water tank or a furnace such that exhaust air from the hot
water tank or the furnace discharges the exhaust air into or within a building;
(c)
use or store dangerous goods in a property in a quantity greater than permitted under
the BC Fire Code;
(d)
set or place a trap, device or other thing on or in a property that is likely to cause death
or bodily harm to a person;
(e)
set or place an obstruction of an exit or an access to an exit required under the BC
Building Code or other domestic enactment;
(f)
remove any materials used to prevent and suppress fires that is provided or required
under a domestic enactment to contain the spread of fire within a building;
(g)
cause or permit the growth of mould or fungi arising from or in relation to a controlled
substance.
(2) An owner or occupier of a property must not cause or permit the property to be a controlled
substance property.
Requirements
12. (1) An owner or occupier of every property must ensure that at all times
(a)
water and electrical meters referred to in section 11 (1) (a) remain properly connected to
the electrical or water distribution systems and operate only for the purposes intended,
(b)
exhaust vents of hot water tanks or furnaces referred to in section 11 (1) (b) are
installed, operated and maintained in accordance with all applicable domestic
enactments, including the BC Building Code,
(c)
the property does not contain dangerous goods referred to in section 11 (1) (c) in
quantities greater than permitted under the BC Fire Code,
(d)
no trap or other device referred to in section 11 (1) (d) is located or contained anywhere
on the property,
(e)
no obstruction of an exit or an access to an exit exists on the property as referred to in
section 11 (1) (e),
(f)
materials to prevent and suppress fires referred to in section 11 (1) (f) are not removed,
and
(g)
mould or fungi referred to in section 11 (1) (g) is not present in, on or around the
property.
Disconnection of services
13. The general manager may disconnect the supply of electricity, water or nature gas to a controlled
substance property without notice to the owner or occupier.
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Reconnection of services
14. (1) If a property is used as a controlled substance property and
(a)
the supply of electricity, water or natural gas to the property is disconnected by the City;
(b)
a hazardous condition exists on the property, or
(c)
an unauthorized alteration or repair is made to
(i)
structural,
(ii)
electrical,
(iii)
water or gas systems,
(iv) equipment,
(v)
appliances, or
(vi) other accessories of any kind,
the supply of electricity, water or natural gas must not be permanently reconnected and
the property must not be occupied or used until
(vii) the owner or occupier
(A)
applies to the inspector for a restoration inspection,
(B)
pays all fees prescribed in
(I)
the Fees and Charges Bylaw,
(II)
this bylaw, and
(III) all other relevant City enactments relating to the inspection of the property
and the issuance of permits,
(C) deposits the performance security with the City, in accordance with the
requirements, as prescribed in the Building Bylaw, and
(D) obtains all permits, approvals or authorizations required to carry out the work
necessary to bring the property into compliance with the applicable domestic
enactments,
(viii) the property is inspected by the building official and all other lawful authorities with
jurisdiction over the supply of electricity, water or natural gas, for compliance with
all health and safety requirements of any applicable domestic enactment relating
to building, electrical, water, health, gas or fire safety,
(ix) all of the work referred to in this section
(A)
is completed and inspected by the building official and all other lawful
authorities with jurisdiction, and
(B)
the property complies with the applicable domestic enactments, and
(x)
the building official issues a re-occupancy permit for the property.
Division 2 - Nuisances and Noxious or Offensive Trades
Nuisances and noxious or offensive trades prohibited
15. (1) A person must not cause or permit
(a)
a nuisance as a result of the use or occupancy of a property,
(b)
an emission of noise, vibration, odour, smoke, dust, gas, spark, ash, soot, cinder, fume,
light or any other matter that is liable to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment,
comfort or convenience of individuals or the public,
(c)
water, rubbish or other material that is noxious, offensive or unwholesome to collect or
accumulate in, on, under or around a property, or
(d)
the carrying on of a noxious or offensive trade in or on a property.
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(2) An owner or occupier of property must ensure that
(a)
the use or occupancy of the property does not cause a nuisance,
(b)
no accumulation of
(i)
water,
(ii)
rubbish, or
(iii)
noxious, offensive, or unwholesome matter
is permitted to collect or accumulate in, on, under or around the property, and
(c)
the property is not used for a noxious or offensive trade.
Division 3 - Fire Protection
Fire chief may enter on and inspect a property
16. (1) The fire chief may
(a)
enter on and inspect any property for conditions that may
(i)
cause a fire,
(ii)
increase the danger of fire, or
(iii)
increase the danger to persons or property from a fire, and
(b)
take measures to prevent and suppress fires, including the demolition of buildings to
prevent the spreading of fires, and (B/L3710-2026)
(c)
order an owner or occupier of property to undertake any actions directed by the fire
chief to remove or reduce any thing or condition which the fire chief considers is a fire
hazard or increases the danger of fire, and
(d)
Repealed B/L 3710-2026
Division 4 - Inspection and Remediation of Property
Inspection by owner
17. (1)
Every owner of a property that is occupied or used by persons other than the owner
(a)
must inspect the property at least once every three months to ascertain whether this
bylaw was contravened, and
(b)
who has knowledge of this bylaw's contravention in relation to the property must, within
24 hours of the discovery of the contravention, deliver written notice to the City of the
particulars of the contravention.
Inspector may enter on a property
18. (1) Subject to the Community Charter, an inspector may enter on a property for the following
purposes:
(a)
to inspect and determine whether all regulations, prohibitions and requirements under
applicable domestic enactments are met in relation to any matter for which
(i)
the Council,
(ii)
a municipal officer,
(iii)
an employee, or
(iv) a person authorized by Council
exercised authority under this or another bylaw to regulate, prohibit or impose
requirements;
(b)
to inspect, disconnect or remove a water service;
(c)
to carry out a special safety inspection.
Notice
19. (1) An inspector may post a notice on a property that was used as a controlled substance
property.
(2) The notice referred to in subsection (1) must be in the form prescribed by the general
manager.
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(3) After a notice referred to in subsection (1) is posted, no person may enter or occupy such
property, except
(a)
an inspector,
(b)
a professional cleaner, and
(c)
a person certified by the Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists or the
American Board of Industrial Hygiene
while exercising authority under this bylaw.
Obstruction of Notice
20. (1) No person may
(a)
interfere with or obstruct the authorized entry of an inspector into or onto any property,
(b)
interfere with or obstruct an inspector from posting a notice referred to in section 19 (1),
or
(c)
remove, alter, cover or mutilate a notice posted under section 19 (1).
Remediation of controlled substance property
21. (1) Within 30 days of receiving a written notice referred to in section 19 (1), the owner of the
property must do the following:
(a)
engage a professional cleaner to clean and disinfect the property, including
(i)
floor and window coverings,
(ii)
heating and ventilation distribution systems,
(iii)
walls and ceilings, and
(iv) countertops and cabinets;
(b)
engage an individual or corporation certified by the Canadian Registration Board of
Occupational Hygienists or the American Board of Industrial Hygiene to
(i)
inspect the property, and
(ii)
provide written certification confirming that the requirements of paragraph (a) have
been met;
(c)
provide the written certification referred to in paragraph (b) (ii) to the general manager.
(2) The written certification referred to in subsection (1) (b) must be in the form prescribed by the
general manager.
(3) Within 90 days of the receipt, by the general manager, of the written certification referred to in
subsection (1) (c), the owner of the property must complete the following:
(a)
notify all prospective occupiers of the property that the property was used as a
controlled substance property and that the requirements of this bylaw were met;
(b)
if there was any alteration to the property,
(i)
obtain a building permit from the City for any existing or proposed alteration for
which a permit is required under the Building Bylaw,
(ii)
ensure the property complies with the health and safety requirements of
(A)
the BC Building Code,
(B)
this bylaw, and
(C) all other health and safety requirements established by law, and
(iii)
obtain a re-occupancy permit following any necessary repairs.
(4) Notification referred to in subsection (3) (a) must be in writing.
(5) A controlled substance property must not be occupied or used by any person until the
requirements in subsection (3) are complete.
Building official may authorize extension
22. (1) Subject to subsection (2), where
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(a)
the certification required under section 21 (1) (b) is not received, or
(b)
the requirements in section 21 (3) are not completed,
the building official may authorize an extension of 30 days to complete those requirements.
(2) In authorizing an extension referred to in subsection (1), the building official must
(a)
receive payment of the fee prescribed in the Fees and Charges Bylaw, and
(b)
consider that additional time is required to properly complete the requirements referred
to in subsection (1), having regard to the particular nature and scope of the work to be
carried out.
Division 5 - Fees
Fees for inspection or service to a property
23. (1) Where the City carries out an inspection or provides a service to a property under this bylaw,
the City may issue an invoice or account demanding that the owner or occupier of such
property pay the
(a)
applicable fees prescribed in the Fees and Charges Bylaw, and
(b)
service costs,
for that inspection or service.
PART 4 - COMPLIANCE, ENFORCEMENT AND ENTRY
Compliance order
24. (1) If a bylaw enforcement officer determines that an owner, or other responsible person, has
failed to comply with this bylaw, the bylaw enforcement officer may serve an order to the
owner, or other responsible person, requiring them to comply with this bylaw.
(2) An order served under subsection (1) must set out the following:
(a)
the name of the person;
(b)
the date the order was made;
(c)
the address or location affected by the order;
(d)
the provision of this bylaw that the person contravened;
(e)
a description of the circumstances of the contravention;
(f)
an explanation of how to comply with the order;
(g)
the date by which the person must comply with the order;
(h)
the right of the person to request a reconsideration in accordance with the Appeal
Procedure Bylaw;
(i)
a statement that the City may impose a penalty or conviction for the offence of failing to
comply with an order;
(j)
any additional information required by law.
(3) Bylaw enforcement officers may serve an order referred to in subsection (1) in the following
manner:
(a)
in the case of the owner of the property, served personally or mailed by prepaid
registered mail;
(b)
in the case of the occupier of the property, posted on the property or delivered to the
occupier of the property.
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Enforcement and entry
25. (1) If the owner, or other responsible person, fails to comply with an order served under section
24, the City, by its workers or other responsible person, may, at all reasonable times, and in a
reasonable manner, enter the property and cause compliance with this bylaw.
(2) The City may issue to the defaulting owner, or other responsible person, a demand for
payment for any costs and expenses incurred by the City to cause compliance under
section 24.
(3) The costs referred to in subsection (2) will consist of all costs and expenses incurred by the
City to achieve compliance with this bylaw including, without limitation,
(a)
administrative costs,
(b)
costs to attend the property by City employees or its contractors as prescribed in the
Fees and Charges Bylaw, and
(c)
the costs of removal, clean up and disposal.
Repeat nuisance calls
26. (1) For the purposes of this section, any owner of a property that is liable to pay an excessive
nuisance abatement fee, must pay the excessive nuisance abatement fee in accordance with
the amounts set out in the Fees and Charges Bylaw.
(2) Where peace officers or other City officials are required to respond to a property for
(a)
more than one nuisance service call within a 24 hour period, or
(b)
more than three nuisance service calls within a 12 month period,
the owner of the property must pay an excessive nuisance abatement fee for each additional
nuisance service call responded to at that same property within the 12 month period following
the date of the notice referred to in subsection (4).
(3) Despite subsection (2), where legal title to a property is transferred,
(a)
nuisance service calls made before the date that the new owner obtains legal title to the
property will not apply to a determination under subsection (2) of whether excessive
nuisance abatement fees are payable, and
(b)
the new owner will be liable for all unpaid excessive nuisance abatement fees imposed
against the property in respect of past nuisance service calls.
(4) Before imposing an excessive nuisance abatement fee, the general manager must provide
written notice to the owner of the property
(a)
describing in reasonable detail the nature of the nuisance conduct, activity or condition
that occurred, or was maintained or permitted in, on or near the property, and
(b)
advising the owner that
(i)
excessive nuisance abatement fees will be imposed for each additional nuisance
service call to the same property, and
(ii)
the imposition of excessive nuisance abatement fees is in addition to the City's
right to seek other legal remedies or actions for abatement of the nuisance.
(5) Service of the notice referred to in subsection (4) will be sufficient if the notice
(a)
in the case of service on an individual, is served personally or mailed by prepaid
registered mail to the address of the owner shown on the current year's real property
assessment roll for the property for which the notice is issued, or
(b)
in the case of service on a corporation, is served
(i)
personally on a director, officer or manager of the corporation, or
(ii)
by leaving it at or mailing it by prepaid registered mail to the registered office of the
corporation.
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Reconsideration
27. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this bylaw, a person who is subject to a decision or an order
under this bylaw may apply for reconsideration of that decision or order by the Council in
accordance with the Appeal Procedure Bylaw.
Division 1 - General Cost Recovery
City action at defaulter's expense
28. (1) The general manager may direct that, if a person subject to a requirement under this bylaw
fails to take the required action within the time specified in this bylaw or otherwise within 30
days, the City may
(a)
fulfill the requirement at the person's expense, and
(b)
recover the costs incurred from that person as a debt or direct that the amount be added
to the property's property tax payroll for the calendar year.
Recovery of fees and costs as special fees
29. If the City does work or provides services in relation to land or improvements, the City may
recover the fees and costs incurred by the City as special fees in accordance with Division 14
[Recovery of Special Fees] of Part 7 [Municipal Revenue] of the Community Charter.
PART 5 - REPEAL, CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND CITATION
Repeal
30. The Controlled Substance Property Bylaw, 2006 and Good Neighbour Bylaw, 2003 are repealed.
Consequential Amendments - Appeal Procedure Bylaw, 2023
31. Section 3(2)(e) [decisions which may be appealed] of the Appeal Procedure Bylaw, 2023 is
amended by repealing the phrase "Controlled Substance Property Bylaw" and substituting it with
"Good Neighbour Bylaw".
Consequential Amendments - Bylaw Enforcement Bylaw, 2020
32. Table 1 [specific penalties for bylaw contraventions dealt with by bylaw notice] of the Bylaw
Enforcement Bylaw, 2020 is amended by repealing "Section 2.1 [restrictions on panhandling] of
the Good Neighbour Bylaw, 2003" and the associated fee of "$75".
Consequential Amendments - Fees and Charges Bylaw, 2006
33. Schedule "G" [building], section 9 [other fees], of the Fees and Charges Bylaw, 2006 is amended
by adding the following after s.9(g):
"(h)
Register a Land Title Notice Section 57................................................................... $500.00
(i)
Discharge a Land Title Notice Section 58............................................................... $300.00"
34. Schedule "M" [bylaw services] is amended by adding the following section:
"CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PROPERTY FEES
3.
Special Safety Inspection Fee....................................................................... $3,500.00"
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Consequential Amendments - Interpretation Bylaw, 2019
35. (1) Section 1 of the Interpretation Bylaw, 2019 is amended as follows:
(a)
inserting the following definition after the definition of "dispose":
""domestic enactment" means an applicable
(a) City enactment,
(b) federal enactment, or
(c) provincial enactment;"
(b)
inserting the following definition after the definition of "enact":
""engineer" means the person in charge of the engineering and regional utilities
department, or designate;"
36. Section 18 (1) of the Interpretation Bylaw, 2019 is amended by repealing the definition of
"domestic enactment".
Citation
37. Bylaw No. 3068-2024 will be cited as "Good Neighbour Bylaw, 2024".
READ a first time this
8th day of
October, 2024
READ a second time this
8th day of
October, 2024
READ a third time this
8th day of
October, 2024
ADOPTED this
22nd day of
October, 2024