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THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF HOPE
BYLAW NO. 49/93
A bylaw to regulate the sale and exploding of firecrackers and prohibit the
dischazge of firearms.
WHEREAS Chapter 290 of the Municipal Act provides the authority to regulate
the discharging of firearms and the sale and exploding of fireworks;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to combine all regulations prohibifing the
exploding and dischazge of any device;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the District of Hope, in open meeting
assembled, enacts as follows:
1.
In this bylaw, unless the context otherwise requires the following words
shall have the meaning:
a) "
Fireworks" -includes cannon firecrackers, fireballs, fire
crackers, mines, Roman Candles, sky rockets, squibs,
torpedoes and any other explosive designated as a firework,
by regulation
b) " Firearms" -
means any barrelled weapon from which any
shot, bullet or other projectile can be dischazged and that is
capable of causing serious bodily injury or death to a
person, and includes any frame or receiver of such a
barrelled weapon and anything that can be adapted for use as
a firearm, including bow and arrow, crossbow and
slingshot.
2.
The "Fireworks Act" RSBC 1979, Chapter 135 applies to the
Municipality of the District of Hope, as shown on the plan attached
hereto, and outlined in red and marked appendix "A".
3.
A person shall not, in any yeaz, possess, sell, give, fire or set off
fireworks in the District of Hope, unless they have written permission of
the Fire Commissioner or any of his local assistants.
4.
The Fire Commissioner may designate fireworks that may not be sold toa
minor without the written permission of this pazent or guardian.
5.
Fireworks may be sold to and discharged by a person or organization at a
public display if the public display is held with the written permission of
the Fire Commissioner or any of his local assistants having jurisdiction in
the District of Hope.
6.
A person shall not dischazge any firearm within the Municipal boundaries
of the District of Hope unless they are in possession of a special use
permit to use and discharge a firearm, as herein provided:
A.
For the purposes of predator or rodent control, pursuant to Part 7.
B.
For the purposes of recreafional shooting, pursuant to Part 7.
C.
For the purposes of operation of an animal impoundment facility,
pursuant to Part 7.
7.
Terms and Conditions
A)
A recreational group applying for an initial special- use permit shall
provide a plan cleazly delineating the lands for which the permit is
requested.
B)
Council shall, by resolution both define a permitted recreational
shooting azea and impose such terms and conditions as it deems
proper for the control of shooting in such place, in addition to the
Terms and Conditons contained in Part 7 of this bylaw.
C)
Any recreational shooting azea shall at all times be under the
control and management of an established recreational group
approved by the Council.
D)
When applying for an initial special use permit and for subsequent
renewals, the. recreational group shall make a signed application
which shall list:
i)
the names, addresses and telephone numbers of its Officers,
and
ii)
the details of all gun and range control courses taken and
passed by such Officers, and
iii)
a letter of approval from the land owner, authorizing such
use, and
iv)
a complete description of the nature of and conduct of the
recreational activities and including hours of operation
proposed.
E)
Each applicant, including Officers of a recreational group, shall
complete and submit to the Municipal Clerk, a signed application
in writing, setting out the purpose for which the firearms is
required, together with all additional information as shall be
required by the Municipal Clerk.
F)
All special use applications may be referred to the local R.C.
M.P.,
peace officer or police, at Council's discretion.
G)
No special use permit shall be issued for a term in excess of thirty
30) days except a special use permit issued for:
1) the exclusive purposes of, and relative to operation of an
approved animal impoundment facility: whose special use
permits shall be issued to coincide with Terms imposed in
the Operafions Agreement, and
2) the exclusive purposes of, and relative to the written
mandate of an approved recreational group, whose special
use permits shall be issued for a term Council deems proper
for control.
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H)
By resolution of Council, all special use permits shall be signed by
the Municipal Clerk and countersigned by the Mayor.
8.
The provisions of this bylaws do not apply to a police officer of peace
officer as defined by the Criminal Code of Canada.
9.
A person who contravenes this bylaw by doing an act that it forbids, or
omitting to do an act that it requires to be done, commits an offence and
is liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding Two Thousand Dollazs
2,
000.
00)
with each offence.
10.
Bylaw No. 223, Hope Village Firecracker Regulation Bylaw 1953 and all
amendments thereto, and the Town of Hope Firearms Control Bylaw No.
604, 1980, and all amendments thereto, aze hereby rescinded.
11.
This bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the District of Hope Firearms
and Fireworks Bylaw No. 49/93".
READ A FII2ST TIME THIS 23rd DAY OF August, 1993
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 23rd DAY OF August, 1993
READ A THIRD TIME THIS 23rd DAY OF August, 1993
RECONSIDERED, FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL
OF THE DISTRICT OF HOPE ON THE 27th DAY OF September, 1993
ayor
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I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of the District of Hope
Firearms and Fireworks Bylaw No. 49/93".
Municipal Clerk