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TOWN OF OUALICUM BEACH
BYLAW No. 551
PARKS REGULATION BYLAW
A Bylaw pursuant to the provisions of Section 679 of the
Municipal A c t , R.S.B.C.,
Chapter 290, to provide for the
regulation and use of parks within the Town of Qualicum
Beach .
The Municipal Council of the Town of Qualicum Beach, in open
meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
PART 1 - TITLE
1.1 This bylaw may be cited for all purposes at the "Town of
Qualicum Beach Parks Regulation Bylaw, No. 551, 1994."
PART 2 - DEFINITIONS
"Bvlaw Enforcement Officer" shall mean the person or
persons appointed from time to time, by Council to
enforce and administer this bylaw and shall include any
Peace Officer.
g*Councillf shall mean the Municipal Council of the Town.
t*Park*l means all those lands in the Town resekved or
dedicated as park, by bylaw, or dedicated as park by the
deposit of a subdivision or reference plan, or conveyed
in trust to the Town for the purposes of park, or
otherwise held by the Town for park purposes, and
includes specifically, playgrounds, squares, greens,
beaches, golf courses and other lands, where these lands
are held for pleasure, recreation or community uses by
the Town.
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(1 shall mean the Town of Qualicum Beach.
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shall mean a conveyance for the carriage of
persons or things, whether drawn by animals or propelled
by any mechanical, muscular or other mode of power,
including bicycles, tricycles, trailers, skateboards,
rollerblades, rollerskates and any other velocipede.
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PART 3 - REGULATIONS
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No person shall use any land or carry on any
activity within a park where signs are posted
prohibiting such use.
(a) no person shall deposit or dispose of any garbage,
offensive matter or substances of any kind, in or on
any park, or in any lake, stream, pool, fountain,
river, or pond within any park, except in a
receptacle for such purpose.
(b) no person shall deposit in a garbage receptacle in a
park, any garbage, offensive matter or substances of
any kind produced outside the park.
No person shall sell or display any goods or
merchandise, or carry on any commercial activity
whatsoever, within a park, unless the holder of a valid
business licence under the Town of Qualicum Beach
Business Licence Bylaw No. 506, 1991,
No person shall possess or permit the discharge of any
firearms including air guns, air rifles, air pistols,
spring guns, or any weapon of any description in a park,
No person shall make or cause to be made, an open fire
in a park, except where fire pits are provided and such
open fires are authorized pursuant to Town of Qualicum
Beach Outdoor Burning Bylaw #539, 1993.
No person, possessor or harbourer of an animal shall
permit such animal to run at large, in a park pursuant
to Town of Qualicum Beach Animal and Dog Control,
Licence and Pound Bylaw No. 407.02, 1994."
No person shall enter or be in a park in the Town
between the hours of 11:OO p.m. and 6:OO a.m. the
following day.
No owner or occupier of a motor vehicle shall permit
such vehicle to enter or remain in a park between the
hours of 11:OO p.m. and 6:OO a.m. the following day.
No person shall erect, construct or build any permanent
structure including tent, building, shelter, pavilion or
other construction of a permanent nature, whatsoever in
any park.
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3.10 No person shall obstruct or interfere with any person
3.11 No person shall post, paint or distribute any
who is lawfully using any park property.
advertisements of any kind in a park pursuant to the
Town of Qualicum Beach Business Licence Bylaw No. 509,
1991., and the Town of Qualicum Beach Sign Regulation
Bylaw No. 553, 1994.
3.12 No person shall play on a tennis court or bowling green
in a park unless wearing suitable rubber-soled shoes
without heels.
3.13 (a) No person shall play any organized tournament, or
series of organized games, in a park without
registration with District '69 Recreation
Department, the agency responsible for organized
field allocation for the Town.
(b) Organized field use meetings are advertised and
scheduled in the early calendar year and
registration is made through District '69 Recreation
Department.
3.14 No person shall use any boat, motor boat, sea sled or
other means of conveyance on water, within any
designated swimming area, said area designated and
signed on the Public Beach at the Change House/Washroom.
3.15 No person shall obstruct, interfere with, impede, hinder
or prevent a Bylaw Enforcement Officer, lifeguard,
Officer, official, employee of the Town or other person
engaged by the Town to supervise, control, instruct or
oversee bathing, swimming or aquatic sports or any other
games in any part of a park under his or her supervision
or control.
3.16 Except for chairs for the handicapped and children's
carriages and strollers, no person shall ride or drive
any horse or other animal or drive or propel any vehicle
or other mode of conveyance on any park unless otherwise
designated and posted for such use.
wall, fence or other structure in or on any park, or
cause there to be any unauthorized writing or graffiti
placed on any wall, fence or other structure in or on
any park.
3.17 No person shall climb, walk or sit on or deface any
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3.18 No person shall grease, wash, clean or repair any
motor vehicle in a park, except where an emergency
exists .
3.19 No person shall be permitted in any park to possess
liquor at any time, except where said liquor is
possessed pursuant to and in compliance with a license
issued under the L i q u o r Control and L i c e n s i n q A c t , and
shall comply with all Federal and Provincial Laws while
in a park.
3.20 No person shall cut, uproot or damage in any way, or
cause to be cut, uprooted or damaged in any way, any
tree, plant or other natural foliage within any park.
PART 4 - USES
4.1
The Town may make rules and regulations regarding the
management, maintenance, improvement, operation,
conservation, control and use, pursuant to the
provisions of Section 679(1)(b) of the Municipal A c t .
4.2 Notwithstanding anything contained in this bylaw or any
other bylaw of the Town to the contrary, the officers,
officials and employees and contractors of the Town,
while exercising their duties, shall be exempt from the
provisions hereof.
PART 5 - PENALTIES
5.1 Every person who violates any provisions of this bylaw
or who suffers or permits any act or thing to be done in
contravention to or in violation of any of the
provisions of this bylaw or who neglects to do or
refrains from doing anything required to be done by any
of the provisions of this bylaw, or who does any act
which constitutes an offence against this bylaw is
guilty of an offence against this bylaw and liable to
the penalties hereby imposed. Each day that the
violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate
offence .
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5.2
Every person who commits an offence against this Bylaw
or who suffers or permits any act or thing to be done in
contravention or violation of any of the provisions of
this Bylaw, or who neglects to do or refrains from doing
anything required to be done by any of the provisions of
this Bylaw is guilty of an offence against this Bylaw
and liable, upon summary conviction, to a fine not
exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00)
PART 6 - MASCULINE/SINGULAR
6.1
Wherever the masculine is used throughout this bylaw, it
shall also mean the feminine; and wherever the singular
is used throughout this bylaw, it shall also mean the
plural .
PART 7 - SEVERABILITY
7.1
If any section or lesser portion of this bylaw is held
to be invalid by a Court, such invalidity shall not
affect the remaining portions of the Bylaw.
PART 8 - BYLAW NO. 551
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This bylaw may be cited as the "Town of Qualicum Beach
Parks Regulation Bylaw No. 551, 1994."
READ A FIRST TIME this 7th. day of November 1994.
READ A SECOND TIME this 3rd. day of April
1995 .
READ A THIRD TIME this 24th day of April
1999'.
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'RECONSIDERED AND ADOPTED the 1st day of May
1995 .
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