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CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW WESTMINSTER
GRAPHIC IMAGE DELIVERY BYLAW NO. 8488, 2024
A Bylaw to regulate the unsolicited Delivery of Graphic Images to Residences
WHEREAS pursuant to section 8 of the Community Charter, the City Council of the
Corporation of the City of New Westminster is empowered to pass bylaws related to the
health, safety and protection of persons and property;
AND WHEREAS the Council is satisfied that the unregulated delivery of Graphic
Images to residences does cause harm;
AND WHEREAS the Council wishes to regulate the unsolicited delivery of Graphic
Images to Residences, so that recipients have an opportunity to choose whether they
wish to view such images;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the Corporation of the
City of New Westminster in open meeting assembled, ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1. Citation
This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as "Graphic Image Delivery Bylaw No. 8488,
2024."
2. Definitions
a) City means the City of New Westminster;
b) Deliver means to leave the Graphic Image anywhere on the property or mailbox
associated with a Residence, whether or not the Graphic Image is handed to a
person, and the noun "Delivery" has a corresponding meaning;
c) Distributor means any person, owner of a business, company or organization
which distributes, permits to be distributed or causes to be distributed any Flyer
which promotes the distributor's activities;
d) Fetus means a developing but unborn mammal;
e) Flyer means any printed or written matter, and includes a circular, leaflet,
pamphlet, paper, booklet, postcard, or any other printed or otherwise reproduced
matter of literature;
f) Graphic Image means a visual image or photograph showing, or purporting to
show, an aborted Fetus or any part of an aborted Fetus;
g) Person includes a corporation, society, other legal entities and an individual;
h) Residence means any property or address that is not clearly identified from the
abutting roadway as the location of a business.
3. Regulation of Deliveries
3.1
No Person or Distributor shall Deliver or participate in a Delivery of a Flyer with a
Graphic Image to any Premises, unless:
a. the Graphic Image is fully concealed within a sealed opaque envelope;
b. the exterior of the envelope contains the following legible warning:
"Contains a Graphic Image that may be offensive or disturbing"; and
c. the exterior of the envelope clearly identifies the sender and the sender's
address.
3.2
This Bylaw does not apply to:
a. mail that is Delivered to a Residence by Canada Post,
b. material that is Delivered to the Residence at the request or with the
consent of the addressee.
4. Enforcement
Every person, including a director or officer of a corporation or society, who violates any
of the provisions of this Bylaw or who suffers or permits anything to be done in
contravention or violation of this Bylaw, or who neglects or refrains from doing anything
required to be done under the provisions of this Bylaw commits an offence and upon
summary conviction shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $10,000.00.
5. Severability
If any part, section, clause or sub-clause of this Bylaw is, for any reason, held to be
invalid by the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, it will be severed and the
validity of the remaining provisions of this Bylaw will not be affected.
Adopted January 13, 2025