Business Licence & Business Regulation Bylaw No. 216, 1997 – Consolidated
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CONSOLIDATED
Business Licence and Business Regulation Bylaw 216, 1997
List of Amendments
Consolidated for Convenience Only
This Bylaw has been consolidated as of September 19th, 2016, for convenience only. Where
applicable, capitalization, numerical order, and numbering have been altered for consistency.
Copies of the original Bylaw and amendments may be viewed at the Langford City Hall located
on the Second Floor, 877 Goldstream Avenue, Langford, BC.
Consolidated to:
Amendment
Bylaw Number
Date Adopted
Amendment #1 - 1999
360
1999Mar15
Amendment #2 - Cancelled
384
cancelled
Amendment #3 - 1999
395
1999Oct08
Amendment #4 - 2001
632
2001Nov01
Amendment #5 - 2014
1537
2015Feb02
Amendment #6 - 2015
1564
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DISTRICT OF LANGFORD
BYLAW NO. 216
A BYLAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE LICENCING AND REGULATION OF BUSINESS WITHIN
THE DISTRICT OF LANGFORD.
WHEREAS Divisions (1) and (4) of Part 11 of the Municipal Act, R.S.B.C. 1979 C.290 authorize
the adoption of a Business Licence and Business regulation Bylaw by a Municipality;
AND WHEREAS the Council of the District of Langford deems it advisable to provide for
business licencing, and to regulate the operation of businesses with the District of Langford;
NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the District of Langford in open meeting assembled, enacts
as follows:
DIVISION 1 - DEFINITIONS
In this Bylaw:
Alarm Monitoring: means the monitoring of private alarm systems located in the District
of Langford and/or the provision of security persons for the protection of property.
Amusement Centre: means a building or part thereof which is used for the entertainment
of the public through the provision of pool tables, billiard tables, pinball or video game
machines or other amusement, vending or gaming machines, where the number of
tables and games totals three or more.
Amusement Machine: means a machine on which mechanical, manual, electrical,
automatic or computerized games are played for amusement or entertainment and for
which a coin or token must be inserted, or a fee charged for use.
Assembly Hall: means any premises occupied or used by a gathering of persons for
civic, political, travel, social, religious, educational, recreational or like purposes, but
does not include any other use or premises otherwise defined in this Bylaw.
Auctioneer: means a person engaged in the public or private sale in which articles are
sold to the highest bidder.
Automobile Sales: means sales of new or used cars, trucks, campers, recreational
vehicles, or tourist trailers.
Automobile Service: means the provision of automobile services, sales of parts or other
automobile supplies of any kind, and includes a gasoline service station, self-serve, car
wash and polish, tire, and muffler shop, but excludes automobile sales.
Auto Wrecking: means the dismantling and salvaging of cars and trucks for the purpose
of selling and recycling parts of the vehicles.
Auto Body Shop: means premises where the framework or body of any automobile is
repaired.
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Automobile Tow Truck: means a motor vehicle equipped for hoisting or towing other
motor vehicles, trailers, machinery, or other equipment.
Bank: means premises used by a business which receives, lends and otherwise
administers of money, and which is governed by the Bank Act of Canada.
Personal Care: means any premises where barbering, hairdressing, massaging,
cleansing, or beautifying of the scalp is carried on.
Boat Rental and/or Charter: means the leasing or hiring of boats by the hour, day or
week, or any other specified period.
Boat Work and Repair: means the building and repair of boats.
Boat Sales: means any premises which are used for the sale of boats and boat
accessories.
Bowling Alley: means any premises which are used for the game of bowling.
Building Rentals:
Apartment Building: - means any premises containing four or more rental units
(excluding a lodging house, hotel or motel) designed, used or occupied as
residences of persons living independently of each other;
Hotels/Motels - includes any premises containing four or more rental units
(excluding a lodging house, hotel or motel as defined herein) designed, used or
occupied for temporary non-residential accommodation and
Lodging House - includes boarding and rooming houses and any completely or
partially furnished premises, used or designed for the purpose of accommodating
boarders or lodgers.
Business: means the carrying on of a commercial or industrial undertaking of any kind or
the providing of professional, personal or other services for the purpose of gain or profit,
but does not include an activity carried on by the government, its agencies or
government owned corporations or for charitable, philanthropic or religious purposes.
Business Licence: means a licence issued by the District under this bylaw for the
operation of a business within the District.
Cafe: means any premises where prepared food or beverages are provided and served
to the public primarily for consumption on the premises, which are not licenced under the
Liquor Control and Licencing Act.
Home Care: means a home, or centre which provides care for persons and which is
licenced by the Community Care Facility Act of British Columbia.
Home Crafts: means a business carried on as a home occupation use within a
residence in which articles are made by hand, including jewellery, dolls, wood crafts,
stuffed animals, holiday art, toys, greeting cards, candles, soap, flower arrangements
and clothing.
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Carrying on Business: includes without limitation advertising premises as open for
business of any kind and dealing in, buying, selling, or bartering commodities or other
things of any kind.
Catering Service: means the business of providing, off the premises at which the
operator is licenced to carry on business, prepared food and beverages to people for
immediate consumption.
Circus and/or Carnival: means a public circus or any carnival or show having
mechanical riding devices or games of skill or chance.
Clubs: means all persons united for a common purpose of mutual benefit, or premises
occupied by such persons, excluding any organization incorporated under the Society
Act of British Columbia.
Council: means the Municipal Council of the District of Langford.
Delivery Service: means the transportation of merchandise or other articles from a
commercial premises within the District to other premises within the District.
Express or Freight Company: includes the transportation and storage of goods, other
than defined under Delivery Service.
Financial Institution: means all trust companies, credit unions, mortgage brokers and
any other general finance companies, but excludes a Bank.
Fishing Company: includes fish processing plants and storage of fish.
Floor Space: means the floor area used for carrying on a business and includes any
ground area or outdoor area used for display or storage of goods or other wares.
Funeral Homes: means any premises designed for the purpose of furnishing funeral
supplies and service to the public and includes facilities for interment or cremation.
Games Areas: means a building or lot where there is provided not more than 150
amusement vending slot machines, video machines, or pin ball machines, or other
devices for the entertainment of the public, including pool tables, billiard tables,
computer games, or any other games machines.
General Contractor: means a person engaged in the construction, finishing or alteration
of buildings and structures wherein more than one building trade is involved at any one
time.
Hemp: means the plant "Cannabis Sativa"', or any derivative or synthetic preparation of
the plant.
Intermunicipal Business Licence: means a business licence issued by the District of
Langford to carry on business within the boundaries of any participating municipality to
the Greater Victoria Intermunicipal Business Licence agreement.
Laundromat: includes coin-operated and operator-operated laundries.
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Establishment: means any premises where pressing,
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cleaning, dyeing, or washing of clothing or other fabrics is carried on and includes
premises where the business of linen supply is carried on.
Licenced Liquor Outlet: includes a lounge, cabaret, public house, neighbourhood public
house, marine pub, and retail beer and wine store licenced under the Liquor Control and
Licencing Act.
Licence Inspector: means a person appointed as Licence Inspector by the Council to
administer and enforce the provisions of this Bylaw.
Machinery and Equipment Rental: means rental and ancillary sales of machinery or
equipment.
Manufacturing: includes assembling, manufacturing, producing or finishing goods,
substances or things or any part thereof.
Marina: means the rental of berthing spaces and floats for boats.
Marine Transportation Company: means the transportation of freight or passengers by
water.
Medical Centre: means a medical facility which handles drop-in patients but does not
include publicly funded hospitals.
Mobile Sales Service: means a person who uses a motor vehicle other than a delivery
vehicle owned and operated by a licenced retailer or wholesaler within the District to go
from place to place offering for sale merchandise or service.
Movie Theatre: means any premises which are used for the showing of movies or for
similar purposes.
Newspaper Publishing: means newspapers printed and published within the District.
Non-Resident Business: means a business, other than a resident business, carried on
within the District or with respect to which any work or service is performed within the
District.
Pawn Broker and Second-Hand Store: means any premises used for buying used
goods for resale purposes, or loaning money against chattels.
Peddler: means a person engaged in the business of selling direct to the public by
calling from premises to premises, or by setting up a temporary business on property in
order to expose samples, take orders, offer for sale goods, wares or merchandise of any
kind but excludes garage sales by a resident of the property.
Police Force: means the Colwood detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Premises: means a store, office, warehouse, factory building, enclosure, yard,
residence or other place or any part thereof occupied or used by any person for the
purpose of any business.
Private Teacher: means any person giving private lessons either to groups or
individuals.
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Professional: includes a person practising any profession governed by federal or
provincial statutes, and includes but is not limited to the following:
1. Accountant
10. Dentist
19. Pharmacist
2. Agrologist
11. Dental Surgeon
20. Physiotherapist
3. Appraiser
12. Designer or Drafter
21. Planner
4. Architect
13. Engineer
22. Physician
5. Auctioneer
14. Insurance Salesperson
23. Psychiatrist
6. Business Consultant
15. Medical Specialist
24. Psychologist
7. Broker Consultant
16. Massage Therapist
25. Real Estate Agent
8. Chiropractor
17. Notary Public
26. Solicitor/Barrister
9. Consultant
18. Optician
27. Surveyor
28. Veterinarian
Public Utility: includes a telephone company, electric company, waterworks company or
gas company.
Radio or T.V. Broadcasting and Cable Transmission: means radio or television
broadcasting and soliciting of business and advertising thereof.
Resident Business: means a business carried on in or from premises within the District.
Restaurant: means any premises where prepared food or beverages are provided and
served to the public primarily for consumption on the premises, and which is licenced
under the Liquor Control and Licencing Act to sell liquor with the food.
Retail Sales: means any dealing in commodities for resale to the general pubic for
personal or household consumption, but does not include any sales otherwise defined in
this Bylaw.
Sanitary Collection and Service: means the collection and removal of garbage, waste
effluent.
Secondary Suite means an additional dwelling unit as defined in District of Lang3ford
Bylaw No. 210 that is completely located within a single-family dwelling which contains
only one other dwelling unit.
Recycling Service: means the recycling of surplus materials for reuse.
Service From Business Area: includes the provision of miscellaneous services and
secondary ancillary sales of merchandise or equipment parts, and includes the following,
but excludes other business else defined herein;
1. Computer Service
9. Office Machine Repair
2. Carpet Cleaning
10. Parking Lots
3. Chimney Cleaning
11. Pest Control
4. Electrical Appliance Repair
12. Photo Studio
5. Furnace Repair
13. Shoe Repair
6. Janitor Service
14. Sign Painting
7. Job Printing
15. Travel Agency
8. Lock Specialist
16. Facial and Manicurist
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Service From Residences: means the provision of services and ancillary sales of
merchandise or equipment parts from a residence and conforming with the Home
Occupation section of the Zoning Bylaw of the District.
Shows: includes live entertainment, trade shows, and other public shows.
Sub Contractor: includes but is not limited to the following trades which are classed as
separate and distinct sub-contractors:
1. Acoustics
14. Insulators
2. Blasting
15. Landscapers
3. Brick or Mason
16. Mechanical
4. Building Movers
17. Movers
5. Carpenters
18. Painters
6. Janitors
19. Pavers
7. Demolition
20. Pipeline
8. Drywall/Plasters
21. Plumbers
9. Electrical
22. Roofers
10. Excavators
23. Sewer & Drain Maintenance
11. Floor Layers
24. Truck Drivers
12. Gas Fitters
25. Welding
13. Glazers
Storage Area: means buildings and ground area used for storing of commodities.
Take Out Foods: means any premises where prepared food is served but which does
not have any seating capacity.
Trade Qualification: means written evidence that a person has completed an
apprenticeship or is certified for a specific trade with the Ministry of Advanced Education,
Training and Technology.
Unclassified: means any business not otherwise defined in this Bylaw.
U-Drives: means a motor vehicle or trailer which may be rented by the hour, day, week,
or month, without a driver.
Vehicles For Hire: means a vehicle used for the carrying, transportation or conveyance
of persons and their property for hire with a driver.
Vending Machines:
Group "A" -
includes any device operated by the insertion of a slug or coin which
dispenses goods;
Group "B" -
includes any device operated by the insertion of a slug or coin which does
not dispense goods but is used for any entertainment purposes.
Wholesale: means selling in any commodity to retail dealers or to manufacturers for
resale or for use in their business.
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DIVISION II - GENERAL REGULATIONS
Licence Requirement
2.
Subject to sections 499 and 512 of the Municipal Act.
(a)
No person shall carry on business in the District without a Business Licence.
(b)
Every person who owns or operates any business within the District shall apply
for, obtain and hold a Business Licence for each business.
(c)
Every person who carries on business from more than one premises in the
District shall obtain a separate Business Licence for each premises.
Licence Fee
3.
Every person who obtains a Business Licence shall pay, in advance, the applicable
licence fee prescribed in Schedule "A" to this bylaw. No refund of the annual licence fee
shall be made on account of any person ceasing to do business at any time. A licence
fee shall be refunded only if the licence application is withdrawn prior to issuance of the
Business Licence or if issuance of the Business Licence is refused.
Appointment of Licence Inspectors
4.
The Council may, by resolution, appoint Licence Inspector's and one or more Deputy
Licence Inspectors, who are authorized to carry out and administer the provisions of this
Bylaw.
Licence Inspector's Powers
5.
A Licence Inspector may grant a Business Licence upon being satisfied that the
applicant has complied with this Bylaw and the bylaws of the District regulating building,
zoning, health and sanitation.
6.
A Licence Inspector may suspend any Business Licence for the period decided by the
Licence Inspector if the licencee:
a)
is convicted of an offence indicated in Canada;
b)
is convicted of an offence under any municipal bylaw or statute of the Province in
respect of the business for which the person is licenced or with respect to the
premises named in the Business Licence;
c)
has, in the opinion of the Licence Inspector, been guilty of such gross misconduct
in respect of the business or with respect to the premises named in the Business
Licence that it warrants the suspension of the Business Licence;
d)
has ceased to meet the lawful requirements to carry on the business for which
the person is licenced or with respect to the premises named in the Business
Licence; or
e)
has, in the opinion of the Licence Inspector, conducted the business in a manner,
performed a service in a manner, or sold, offered for sale, displayed for sale, or
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distributed to a person actually or apparently under the age of 16 years, any thing
that may be harmful or dangerous to the health or safety of a person actually or
apparently under the age of 16 years.
The suspension of a Business Licence shall be in writing, signed by the Inspector and
shall be served on the licencee or forwarded to the licencee by registered mail to the
address given in the application for the Business Licence. A notice of suspension may
be posted by the Licence Inspector upon the premises for which the Business Licence
was issued and such notice shall not be removed until the Business Licence is
reinstated or the business ceases to occupy the premises.
Inspections
7.
Every Licence Inspector, Fire Inspector, Medical Health Officer and Bylaw Enforcement
Officer of the District may enter at all reasonable times on any property that is subject to
this Bylaw to ascertain whether the regulations in this Bylaw are being observed.
Initial Licence Applications
8.
An application for a business Licence for a business shall be on the application form set
out in Schedule "B" to this Bylaw and shall be signed by an owner or operator of the
business or by the owner or operator's duly authorized agent.
9.
Where an applicant applies for more than one Business Licence, the particulars of each
Business Licence applied for shall be included on a separate application form.
10.
Every application for a Business Licence shall include a detailed description of the
premises in or upon which the applicant intends to carry on business.
11.
The application form shall be delivered to a Licence Inspector and shall be accompanied
by the fee prescribed in Schedule "A" to this Bylaw.
Licence Periods
12.
Subject to sections 13, 14 and 15 Business Licences shall be granted as perpetual
licences and shall not expire unless suspended by the Licence Inspector pursuant to
section 6 of this bylaw or advised by the licensee that the business has ceased
operations (Bylaw No. 1537, Amendment No. 5, 2015)
13.
The period for a Business Licence in respect of a theatre including a drive-in theatre,
amusement hall, concert hall, music hall, rink, amusement park or other place of
amusement, entertainment or exhibition, may be reduced to six months, three months or
one day, and the period requested shall be by written application of the applicant.
14.
The period for a Business Licence with respect to a circus, concert, festival, horse show,
dog or pony show, exhibition or other itinerant show or entertainment, when held
elsewhere than in a licenced theatre or other licenced place, shall be one day.
Licence Forms
15,
Every Business Licence shall be made out in duplicate. One copy shall be delivered to
the licencee and the Licence Inspector shall retain the other copy.
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Display of Licence
16.
Every licencee shall keep the licencee's copy of the Business Licence posted in a
conspicuous place on the premises in respect of which the Business Licence is issued.
Where the Licencee has no business premises the Business Licence shall be carried
upon the licencee's persons at all times when the licencee is engaged in the business for
which the Business Licence was issued.
Effect of Licence
17.
A Business Licence authorizes only the person named in the Business Licence to carry
on only that business described in the Business Licence, only at the premises or
locations described in the Business Licence.
18.
A Business Licence is not a representation or warranty that the licenced business
complies with the bylaws of the District or with any other regulations or standards.
(Bylaw No. 1564, Amendment No. 6, 2016)
Licence Transfers - New Premises
19.
No person shall carry on a business upon any premises other than those described in
the Business Licence application without first making an application under this section
for a new Business Licence or for a transfer of the original Business Licence.
20.
Any person proposing to obtain a transfer of a Business Licence with respect to a
change of premises shall make application, and the powers, conditions, requirements
and procedures relating to the initial Business Licence application apply, except as to
licence fees.
Licence Transfers - Person to Person
21.
Any person who acquires the interest or part of the interest of any person in any
business licenced under this Bylaw shall not carry on that business without first having
obtained a new Business Licence.
22.
Any person who acquires the interest or part of the interest of any person in any
business licenced under this bylaw shall not carry on such business without first having
obtained a new Business Licence.
Transfer Fees
23.
The fee payable in respect of any transfer of a Business Licence for a change of
premises or for a new business Licence upon a transfer from one person to another shall
be $10.00.
Transfer Fees
24.
Where the licence fee for any business licenced under this Bylaw is based on the
number of persons engaged in the business, the number of apartments or room, or other
variable conditions, no licencee shall increase the number of persons engaged in the
business or change any other condition upon which the licence fee is based without first
paying any additional licence fee which may be payable under this Bylaw as a result of
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such changes and obtaining a revised Business Licence.
DIVISION III - REGULATION OF BUSINESS:
Advertising
25.
No person shall advertise the carrying on of a business in the District unless a Business
Licence has been issued for that business.
Circus or Carnival
26.
A Circus or Carnival shall maintain a comprehensive liability policy of insurance for
$5,000,000 inclusive limits, covering bodily injury, death and property damage including
loss thereof and shall produce proof of such insurance to the Licence Inspector with the
application for a Business Licence.
27.
The operator of the Circus or Carnival shall ensure that each ride has an elevator
inspection plate showing the last inspection of the ride.
Escort Service
28.
a)
Any person operating an escort service shall operate the business only from an
office within a Commercial Zone under the District's Zoning Bylaw;
b)
Unless the applicant has been licenced to carry on business within the District of
Langford for two consecutive years preceding the year of application, the
applicant shall be required to give security to the District of Langford in the sum
of five hundred ($500.00) dollars conditional on the carrying on of the business
the person carries on in the District of Langford without deceit, misrepresentation
or fraud on their part. The security shall be in the form of cash, a certified
cheque, a bond guaranteed by a licenced bonding company or a letter of credit
from a bank;
c)
Security under Subsection (b) of this section shall be given for the period from
the date of issuance of the licence until the earliest of the following:
i)
six months after the person ceases to hold a licence to carry on the
business; or
ii)
two consecutive years have elapsed during which no order has been
made respecting the security under Subsection (b) of this section; and
upon the expiration of the period referred to above the security shall be
returned to the person subject to Subsection (d) of this section.
d)
Security - if, during the period referred to in Subsection (c) the District of
Langford receives notice that a Civil action based on deceit, misrepresentation,
or fraud on the part of the person who has posted security under this section, and
arising out of carrying on in the District, the business in respect to which the
security is held, has been initiated in any Court, the security shall be held subject
to the Order of the Court.
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Hemp Stores:
29
No person shall operate a business for the purposes of selling or storing Hemp or Hemp
related products within a three-mile radius from any point on the grounds of an
Elementary School, Junior Secondary School, or High School within the District of
Langford.
Highways
29A No person shall offer for sale any goods or merchandise on any highway or boulevard
within the District, unless permission is obtained from the Council for such purpose.
District of Langford Owned Lands
30.
No person shall offer for sale any goods or merchandise within any District owned lands,
unless they have first obtained permission from the Council for that purpose.
Occupancy Permit
31.
No person shall occupy or permit occupancy of new or remodelled premises for the
purpose of carrying on a business unless an occupancy permit has been issued for such
premises by the Building Inspector of the District.
Peddlers
32.
All peddlers shall, when conducting or attempting to conduct business:
a)
state to any person with whom they are conducting or attempting to conduct
business the name of the business or organization with whom they are
associated, affiliated, or representing and the peddler's full legal name, consisting
of all personal names and surname;
b)
have affixed to their clothes and clearly visible to the public, an identification card
on which is printed their full legal name, and on which is affixed their photograph,
of passport size, 5 cm by 5 cm;
c)
display to any person inquiring a copy of a valid business licence issued by the
District; and
d)
have a letter of permission from the owner of the real property when setting up
business on private property.
Second Hand Sales
33.
Any person who operates as a Second-Hand Dealer shall keep a record on the forms
provided by the District (the "register"), in which a record of goods received, purchased
or taken in exchange shall be kept including the date of purchase, receipt or exchange,
and a full description of the article or articles. The register shall include the name of the
maker and the serial number, if known or able to be ascertained, and the name,
address, and general description of the person with whom the transaction was made.
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No person shall operate a secondary suite in a one family dwelling unless that person
occupies the one family dwelling as their principal residence; and such person shall
make available on reasonable request to the Licence Inspector reasonable evidence that
the one family dwelling is their principal residence.
34.
The Second-Hand Dealers register shall be a permanent record and the dealer shall
ensure that the register is not mutilated or destroyed. It shall be open to inspection by
members of the Police Force and the Licence Inspector at all times during regular
business hours and may be removed at any time by members of the Police Force for
inspection or use in Court if necessary.
Vending Machines
35.
No person shall own, keep or maintain any vending machines unless there has been
imprinted thereon, the name, address and telephone number of the owner or their agent.
36.
No separate licence is required for a Group "A" Vending Machine if the vending machine
is owned and operated by a holder of a valid business licence, when situated within the
area licenced.
37.
No separate licence is required for a Group "B" Vending machine where the machine is
owned and operated by the holder of a valid Amusement Centre licence, or Games Area
licence, when situated within the licenced area.
Manufacturers
38.
No person manufacturing, processing or maintaining industrial premises shall allow the
waste from their plants or operations to accumulate around their premises.
Games Area
39.
i)
No person who owns, operates or is employed in a games area shall permit an
amusement machine to be played, used or operated or any person, other than a
person employed in the games area, to remain in the games area between the
hours of 11 o'clock in the evening (11:00 p.m.) and 11 o'clock in the morning
(11:00 a.m.) of the following day.
ii)
there shall not be more than one amusement machine per 2.33 metres square of
floor area of the games area and the number of the amusement machines shall
not exceed 150 per games area".
iii)
No operator shall allow any intoxicated person in a games area, or allow any
person in the games area to use intoxicating liquor or drugs, take part in any
gambling, swearing, or use of offensive language, or fight, or create any kind of
disturbance, and no operator shall do anything that may cause a games area to
become, or neglect to take reasonable measures that may prevent the games
areas from becoming, a place of vice, drunkenness, profane swearing, or
indecent, obscene, blasphemous, or grossly insulting language, or other
immorality and indecency.
iv)
Every operator shall keep the games area well lit and clean, and there shall be
an unobstructed view at all times of the interior.
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v)
A member of the police force may make periodic patrols of the inside of any
games area and no operator shall prevent a member of the police force from
entering the games area and carrying out any periodic check or investigation in
relation to this Bylaw.
vi)
Every operator shall post in a conspicuous place near every amusement
machine, a summary or rules of conduct for customers, including those rules
contained in this Bylaw.
vii)
The provisions of this section 42 shall not apply to a licensed liquor outlet or to
premises forming part of a circus or carnival while the circus or carnival is in
progress."
Trade Qualifications
40.
Any person operating as a contractor working in the business of plumbing, gas fitting,
electrical, refrigeration, sprinkler installation and hairdressing must produce a Trade
Qualification at the time of application for a licence.
DIVISION IV - DUTIES AND ADMINISTRATION
41.
A Deputy Licence Inspector shall, in the absence of the Licence Inspector, have all of
the powers and responsibilities of the Licence Inspector.
42.
The Licence Inspector shall maintain and keep records of all Business Licences issued.
DIVISION V - OFFENSES - PENALTY
Offence
43.
Any person who:
a)
carries on a business for which a Business Licence is required pursuant to this
Bylaw, without holding a valid and subsisting Business Licence for the business;
b)
tenders a cheque or other negotiable instrument in full or partial payment of any
licence fee payable hereunder, if such cheque or negotiable instrument is
fraudulent;
c)
fails to display a valid and subsisting Business Licence as required by the
provisions of this Bylaw;
d)
fails to furnish any information or documentation as required by the provisions of
this Bylaw;
e)
carries on or remains open for business after receiving notice that the Business
Licence has been suspended or revoked;
f)
violates any provision of this bylaw;
g)
suffers or permits any act or thing to be performed in violation of this Bylaw; or
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h)
neglects or refrains from doing anything required to be done by any of the
provisions of this Bylaw;
commits an offence.
Penalty
44.
Any person who commits an offence under this bylaw is punishable in accordance with
the Offence Act of British Columbia.
45.
The maximum penalty that may be imposed upon any person found guilty of any offence
hereunder shall be $5,000.00 for each offence.
46.
Where conviction is for failure to obtain or pay the licence fee payable, then the amount
which should have been paid for such the Business Licence shall be added to and form
part of the penalty.
47.
The amount of any and every unpaid licence fee payable by any person pursuant to the
provision of this Bylaw shall be a debt due by that person to the District which shall be
recoverable, together with costs, in any Court.
DIVISION VI - MISCELLANEOUS
Severability
48.
If any portion of this Bylaw is found to be invalid, it shall be severed from the Bylaw and
the remaining provisions shall not be affected but shall remain in full force and effect as
if the Bylaw had been enacted without the invalid portion.
Schedules
50.
Schedule "A" forms part of this Bylaw.
51.
This bylaw hereby repeals Bylaw No. 67 and all amending Bylaws.
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Citation
52.
This Bylaw may be cited as District of Langford "Business Licence and Business
Regulation Bylaw No. 216, 1997".
READ A FIRST TIME this
21st
day of
July, 1997.
READ A SECOND TIME this 21st
day of
July, 1997.
READ A THIRD TIME this
21st
day of July, 1997.
RECONSIDERED, FINALLY PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 18th day of August, 1997.
MAYOR
CLERK-ADMINISTRATOR
Includes Amending Bylaws: 360, 395, 632 and 1537.
SCHEDULE "A"
BYLAW NO. 632
Business Categories and Fees
Category
Licence Fee
1.
Home Crafts
$ 50.00
2.
Inter-municipal
$100.00
3.
Commercial - Small (464.5 sq. metres)
$100.00
(5,000 sq. feet) or less of gross floor area
of buildings used for business
4.
Commercial - Large (more than 464.5 sq. metres)
$200.00
(5,000 sq. feet) of gross floor area of buildings used
for business
5.
Non-Resident
$100.00
BL 632
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