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NUISANCE
BYLAW
DISTRICT OF LILLOOET
BYLAW 2006, No. 273
Fourth & Final Readings
January 22, 2007
OFFICE CONSOLIDATION: February 5, 2026
This document is an office consolidation of the District of Lillooet Nuisance Bylaw 2006, No. 273
(adopted January 22, 2007) and subsequent amendments adopted by District Council.
All persons making use of this consolidation are reminded that it has no Council sanction, that
amendments have been incorporated only for convenience of reference, and that for all purposes
of interpretation and application that original bylaw should be consulted.
The District of Lillooet will, in no event, be liable or responsible for damages of any kind arising
out the use of this consolidation.
This is not the official version of the District of Lillooet Nuisance Bylaw 2006, No. 273, nor is it
admissible in a court of law. For such purposes, official certified copies can be obtained from the
District Office or by contacting us at: [email protected].
List of Amending Bylaws
BYLAW
NO.
SECTION
DESCRIPTION
ADOPTED
2008,
No. 304
s. 7(3)
s. 15
Replace s.7(3) Construction
Adding s.15 maintain fencing
February 4, 2008
N/A
s. 9
The consolidated version had numbering
errors in section 9 that were corrected.
Numbering in section 9 want from 5 to
12,13, 14, 15 when the correct
numbering is 5 to 6, 7, 8, 9. The format of
the bylaw, and font, was also updated on
this date.
February 6, 2025
DISTRICT OF LILLOOET
BYLAW NO.273
A bylaw to provide for the Regulation of Miscellaneous Nuisances
WHEREAS the Community Charter provides that Council may regulate, prohibit and impose
requirements in relation to the protection and enhancement of the well-being of its
community in relation to the matters referred to in section 64 of the Community Charter
(nuisances, disturbances and other objectionable situations); and
WHEREAS the Community Charter provides the authority of a council to take Municipal
action at the defaulter's expense; and
WHEREAS of the Community Charter provides that the authority of council may be exercised
in relation to nuisances; noise, vibration, odour, dust, illumination or any other matter that
is liable to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience of individuals or
the public; refuse, garbage or other material that is noxious, offensive or unwholesome;
the use of waste disposal and recycling services; the accumulation of water on property;
unsanitary conditions on property; drains; trees, weeds or other growths that a council
considers should be removed, cut down or trimmed; graffiti and unsightly conditions on
property;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the District of Lillooet in open meeting assembled,
ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as "Nuisance Bylaw 2006, No. 273".
2. The Village of Lillooet "Private Property Maintenance and Nuisance Removal By-Law
No. 523, 1989", Village of Lillooet "Sidewalk Cleaning Bylaw No. 375, 1982" and the
Village of Lillooet "Anti-Noise By-law No. 307, 1978", and any amendments thereto, are
hereby repealed.
DEFINITIONS
3. In this Bylaw, unless the context otherwise requires:
Boulevard means the area of a highway between the edge of pavement, sidewalk and/or
curb of the roadway and the adjacent property line, and the shoulder of a roadway
and the adjacent property line;
Bylaw Enforcement Officer means a person appointed by Council to enforce the District
of Lillooet Bylaws.
Council means the Council of the District of Lillooet;
District means the District of Lillooet;
Graffiti means drawing, printing or writing scratched, sprayed, painted or scribbled on a wall,
fence, or other surface, but does not include a sign for which a permit has been issued by
the District;
Highway includes a street, road, lane, bridge, viaduct, and any other way open to public use, but
does not include a private right-of way on private property;
Noise means a sound, especially one that is loud, harsh, or confused or undesired.
Noxious Insects include bees and caterpillars;
Noxious Weed means any plant or weed designated under the Weed Control Act;
Nuisance means any act or omission which obstructs or causes inconvenience or damage to the
public or to a segment of the public in the exercise of rights common to members of the
public;
Occupier has the same meaning as defined in the "Community Charter"; Owner has the same meaning
as defined in the "Community Charter"; Person means any corporation, partnership or party,
and the heirs, executors, administrator, or other legal representatives of such person, to
whom the context can apply according to law;
Plantings means any tree, shrub, bush or hedge installed as a natural or improved landscape
treatment;
Property means real property and includes, land, other than a highway, together with all
improvements which have been so affixed to the land as to make them in fact and in law a part
thereof;
Rubbish includes any and all manner of garbage; discarded or disused material; filth, noxious,
offensive or unwholesome matter, dirt, gravel, bark mulch or refuse and all discarded,
broken or useless items;
Sidewalk means a structure for pedestrian use including a walkway, footpath, sidewalk, stairs, ramp
and curb letdowns and or the area between the curb lines or lateral lines of a roadway and
the adjacent property lines improved for use of pedestrians.
Unsightly includes but is not limited to:
a)
An accumulation of building material on any property other than
premises included in a business licence for building material sales or
storage, unless the owner or occupier of the property is in possession of
a valid building permit or unless the accumulation is stored in a covered
building;
b)
An accumulation of household, commercial or industrial goods, discarded
materials or rubbish of any kind including, but not limited to, vehicle bodies
and parts, ashes, dead animals, paper, cardboard, tin cans, leaves, wood,
bedding, crockery, glass, bags, furniture and appliances.
NOISE
4. No person shall make or cause, or permit to be made or caused, in or on a highway or
elsewhere in the Municipality, any noise or sound which disturbs the quiet, peace, rest,
enjoyment, comfort or convenience of two or more persons from separate residences in
the vicinity.
5. No owner, tenant or occupier of real property shall allow that property to be used
so that a noise or sound, which originates from that property, disturbs the quiet, peace,
rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience of residents in the vicinity.
6. No person shall keep any animal which by its calls, cries, barks, or other noises
disturbs the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort, or convenience of residents in the
vicinity.
7. Without limiting Sections 4 to 6 of this bylaw, the Council believes that the
following noises or sounds are objectionable:
(1)
Any calls, cries, barks, or other noises made by an animal which are
audible outside the property where the animal is kept, for a period in
excess of 10 minutes;
(2)
Any amplified music or speech which is audible outside the property
where it originates or is reproduced, between 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.;
(3)
Any noise caused or emanating from construction activity, including
alterations, demolitions, and excavating between the hours of 8:00 p.m.
and 9:00 a.m.
Any noise caused or emanating from construction activity, including
alterations, demolitions, and excavating between the hours of 10:00 p.m.
and 7:00 a.m. except for Saturday night to Sunday morning when the hours
will be between 9:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.1
(4)
Any noise longer than 15 minutes caused or emanating from the
operation of a parked or stopped vehicle, locomotive, or reefer
between 10:00 p.m. and 9:00 a.m.
And no person shall cause or permit such noises or sounds to be made.
EXEMPTION
8. This bylaw does not apply to:
(1) Police, fire or other emergency vehicles proceeding upon an emergency;
1 Nuisance Bylaw Amendment Bylaw 2008, No. 304
(2) The excavation, construction, or infrastructure work, or repairing of bridges,
streets, highways, or lands by the District or agents acting on its behalf;
(3) The operation of maintenance equipment by the District or agents acting
on its behalf;
(4) Snow removal or highway cleaning operations;
(5) The operation of a public address system or communications system
required under a building code, fire code or Workers Compensation Board
requirement;
(6) A lawnmower, power gardening equipment or chainsaw operated between
7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.;
(7) A horn from a motor vehicle, boat or train where it is necessary to warn of
danger or a hazard;
(8) An event approved by resolution of Council provided it is within the terms
of that approval - i.e.: hours of operation;
(9) Hydro, telephone, communications or other Public utility company;
(10) Activities exempted by the Farm Practices Protection Act;
(11) Air traffic activities.
NUISANCES AND UNSIGHTLY PREMISES
9. No owner shall cause, allow or permit a parcel to become or to remain unsightly,
and, specifically:
(1) No owner of a parcel shall cause, allow or permit the accumulation of
............building.material on the parcel unless
(a) The owner or occupier of the parcel is in possession of a
valid building permit in respect of the accumulation; or
(b) The accumulation is stored in a closed building or structure
such that the accumulation is not visible from another parcel
or highway;
(2) No owner of a parcel shall cause, allow or permit the storage or
.........accumulation on the parcel of all or part of a vehicle, as defined in the
.........Motor Vehicle Act, which is
-not:
(a) Validly registered or licensed in accordance with the Motor
Vehicle Act; or
(b) Capable of movement under its own power unless it is stored
in a closed building or structure such that the vehicle, or any
portion of a vehicle, is not visible from another parcel or a
highway;
(3) No owner of a parcel shall cause, allow or permit the accumulation, of
water, filth, discarded materials, rubbish, or noxious, offensive, or unwholesome
matter or rubbish of any kind, whether or not for commercial purposes or as part
of a trade or calling, including but not limited, vehicle bodies and parts, ashes,
dead animals, paper, cardboard, tin cans; leaves, wood, bedding, crockery, glass,
bags, furniture and appliances, and any other scrap or salvage.
(4) No owner of a parcel shall cause, allow or permit the accumulation on the
parcel of garbage not contained in a covered receptacle.
(5) No owner or occupier of real property, or their agents, shall fail to clear such
property of brush, trees, noxious weeds, or other growths when directed to do
so by the District of Lillooet.
(6) No owner or occupier of real property, or their agents, shall permit
infestations of caterpillars or other noxious or destructive insects to be on such
property.
(7) No owner or occupier of a parcel shall cause, allow or permit the presence
of graffiti, whether in the form of pictures or words.
(8) No owner or occupier of a parcel shall make pictures or drawings which
are indecent, on the parcel or on the surface of a structure on the parcel.
(9) No owner or occupier of a parcel shall foul, obstruct or impede the flow of
any waterway within the boundaries of the District of Lillooet.
10. Where an owner or occupier of real property, or their agents, fails to comply with the
provisions outlined in Section 9:
(1) The District of Lillooet, by its employees or other persons, at reasonable
times and in a reasonable manner, may enter on the property and effect a
remedy; and
(2) Where that owner or occupier or their agents fail to pay the costs of the
remedy on or before December 31 in the year that the remedy was done, the
unpaid costs shall be added to and form part of the taxes payable in respect of
that real property as taxes in arrears.
SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL
11. Every owner or occupier of real property is required to:
(1) Remove any snow or ice or both from any sidewalk bordering the real
property within 10 hours of the cessation of any snowfall or ice storm that
caused any accumulation of snow or ice on any sidewalk;
(2) Remove snow or ice from the roof or other part of any structure on the
property, where the location of that structure is such that it is reasonable to
expect that the snow or ice on it may fall onto any sidewalk or highway, within 10
hours of the cessation of any snowfall or ice storm that caused any
accumulation of snow or ice on any roof or other part of any structure.
DAMAGE TO SIDEWALKS
12. No person shall use any snow removal equipment such as any shovel, pick, crowbar or
any other metal instrument in a manner that will damage any sidewalk whether such person is
engaged in removing snow or ice from such sidewalk or not.
13. No person shall damage any sidewalk in the municipality with the use of sodium chloride,
calcium chloride or any harmful substance for the removal of snow and ice.
SIDEWALK CLEANING
14. Every owner or occupier of real property is required to remove dirt, sand, gravel and
other debris from any sidewalk bordering the real property.
15. Every owner or occupier of real property adjacent to any sidewalk or public area is
required to maintain any fencing, hedging, trees, or structures on their property in a safe
and hazard-free condition.2
INSPECTIONS
16. A Bylaw Enforcement Officer may enter on any property at any reasonable time for the
purposes of ascertaining whether the regulations and requirements of this Bylaw are being
observed.
17. No person shall obstruct a Bylaw Enforcement Officer from entering property.
MUNICIPAL TICKET INFORMATION PROVISIONS
18. This Bylaw is designated pursuant to Section 264 of the Community Charter, as a bylaw that
may be enforced by means of a ticket in the form prescribed.
19. Animal Control Officers, Bylaw Enforcement Officers and members of the RCMP are
designated to enforce this bylaw by means of a ticket pursuant to Section 264 of the Community
Charter.
2 Nuisance Bylaw Amendment Bylaw 2008, No. 304
20. The words or expressions listed in Schedule "B" of this bylaw in the "Offence" column are
authorized to be used on a ticket pursuant to section 264(1)(c) of the Community Charter to
designate an offence against the respective section of this bylaw appearing opposite in the
"Section" column. The amounts appearing in the "Fine" column are the fines set pursuant to
section 265 of the Community Charter for contravention of the respective section of this Bylaw
appearing opposite in the section column.
21. The Bylaw Enforcement Officer shall refer every disputed ticket to the Provincial Court
for hearing.
PENALTIES
22. Every person who violates any of the provisions of this bylaw, or who suffers or permits
any act or thing to be done in contravention of this bylaw is liable on summary conviction to a
fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) and costs (including the costs of
committal and conveyance to the place of imprisonment) for each offence, and in default of
payment therefore, to imprisonment of a term not exceeding six months in jail. Each day that
such violation is permitted to continue shall be a separate offence.
23. If action is taken pursuant to this bylaw, expenses may be recovered, together with costs
and interest, in the same manner as municipal taxes.
SEVERABILITY
24. If any provision of this Bylaw is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
unlawful or unenforceable, that provision shall be severed from this Bylaw and shall not
affect the validity of any remaining provision of this Bylaw.
READ A FIRST TIME on the 5th day of September, 2006.
READ A SECOND TIME on the 5th day of September, 2006.
AMENDED AND READ A THIRD TIME on the 18th day of December, 2006.
THIRD READING RESCINDED AND BYLAW FURTHER AMENDED on the 8th day of
January, 2007.
THIRD READING AS FURTHER AMENDED on the 8th day of January, 2007
RECONSIDERED AND FINALLY ADOPTED on the 22nd day of January, 2007.
"C. Roshard"
Mayor
"G. Loyer"
Corporate Officer
SCHEDULE
"A"
Fines and
Penalties
See: Bylaw Notice
Enforcement
Bylaw 2021-002
as amended