Granisle, British Columbia
· No. 340
· adopted 2001-06-13
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THE CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF GRANISLE
BYLAW NO.: 340
A Bylaw to establish required standards for the maintenance
of real property and to prohibit littering.
Whereas Section 725 of the Local Government Act empowers Council to enact
regulations governing the appearance and maintenance of property;
Now therefore the Municipal Council of The Corporation of the Village of Granisle, in
open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
1.
Definitions:
"Bylaw Enforcement Officer" means every person employed by the Village for the
purpose of enforcement of the Village's bylaws and includes the peace officers of
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
"Unsightly" includes but is not limited to:
(a) an outdoor accumulation of building material on any property other than
premises identified in a business license for building material sales or storage,
or premises where construction is in progress pursuant to a valid building
permit;
(b) an accumulation of motor vehicle parts or all or part of any motor vehicle
which is not:
(i)
registered and licensed in accordance with the Motor Vehicle Act; or
(ii)
capable of movement under its own power; and
(c) any accumulation of filth, discarded materials or rubbish of any kind, including
but not limited to ashes, dead animals, paper, cardboard, tin cans, leaves,
wood, bedding, crockery, glass, bags and appliances.
2.
No owner or occupier of real property shall allow that property to become or remain
unsightly.
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3.
No person shall cause or permit water, rubbish or noxious, offensive or
unwholesome matter to collect or accumulate around their premises.
4.
No person shall deposit or throw bottles, broken glass or other rubbish in any
open place.
5.
No person shall place graffiti on walls, fences or elsewhere on or adjacent to
a public place.
6.
Every owner and every occupier of real property shall:
(a) remove from the property every unsightly accumulation of filth, discarded
materials, rubbish or graffiti;
(b) clear the property of brush, noxious weeds, wild grass and other untended
growths; and
(c) prevent infestation of caterpillars and other noxious or destructive insects
and shall clear the property of such caterpillars and insects.
7.
Where any person fails to comply with Section 6 of this bylaw, the Bylaw
Enforcement Officer may give written notice to that person to comply within
twenty-one (21) days of delivery of the notice, and in the event of failure to
comply with the notice the village may by its employees or contractors, at
reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, enter the property and effect the
removal of the offending materials, growths or infestations at the expense of the
person who has failed to comply.
8.
The cost of effecting removal pursuant to Section 7 of this bylaw shall be due
and payable by the person in default immediately upon removal, and if such
costs remain unpaid on December 31 in the year the removal was done, the
costs shall be added to and form part of the taxes payable on the property as
taxes in arrears.
9.
Any Bylaw Enforcement Officer may at all reasonable times enter on property to
ascertain whether the regulations and directions of this bylaw are being
observed.
10.
If any portion of this bylaw is held to be invalid by a Court of competent
Jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this bylaw.
11.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this bylaw, or who neglects or
refrains from doing anything required to be done by this bylaw, is guilty of an
offense and on summary conviction therefor shall be liable to a fine not
exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), and the costs of the prosecution
and every day during which there is an infraction of this bylaw, shall constitute
a separate offense.
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12.
"Regulation of Untidy and Unsightly Premises Bylaw No. 086, 1977" is repealed.
13.
This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the "Property Maintenance Bylaw,
2001, No.: 340"
Read a first time by the Municipal Council this 11th day of April, 2001
Read a second time by the Municipal Council this 11th day of April, 2001
Read a third time by the Municipal Council this 25th day of April, 2001, AS AMENDED
Reconsidered, finally passed and adopted by the Municipal Council of the Corporation
of The Village of Granisle this 13th day of June, 2001.
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Mayor E. Sorge
K. Franson, Administrator
Certified a true copy of Bylaw
No.: 340, 2001
K. Franson, Administrator
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