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## CITY OF REVELSTOKE
## BY-LAW #1378
## A BY-LAW TO PROHIBIT UNSIGHTLY PREMISES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF REVELSTOKE
THAT the City of Revelstoke Untidy and Unsightly Premises By-Law #1333, 1988 is hereby repealed in its' entirety.
## 1. DEFINITIONS:
In this By-Law:
"Council" means the Council of the City of Revelstoke
Filth, Discarded Materials or Rubbish" includes any and all manner of garbage; discarded or disused materials; filth; noxious, offensive or unwholesome matters; unused or stripped automobiles, trucks, trailers, boats, vessels, machinery, mechanical or metal parts; bottles; glass; brush; and noxious weeds or other weeds of any kind.
"Graffiti" means drawing, printing or writing scratched, sprayed, painted or scribbled on a wall or other surface, but does not include a sign for which a permit has been issued by the Municipality..
- "Highway" has the same meaning as in the Municipal Act.
- "Inspector" means a person appointed by the Council to administer this By-Law.
- "Open Place" means a highway or any Premises where there are no buildings or structures.
- "Owner" has the same meaning as in the Municipal Act.
"Premises" means any lot, block or other area in which land is held or into which it is subdivided.
"Municipality" means the City of Revelstoke.
## 2. PROHIBITIONS:
- (1) No Owner or Occupier of Real Property shall cause or permit water, rubbish, or noxious, offensive or unwholesome matter to collect or accumulate around his premises.
- (2) No person shall deposit or throw bottles, broken glass or other rubbish in any open space.
- (3) No Owner or Occupier of Real Property shall allow such property to become or to remain unsightly.
- (4) No person shall place graffiti on walls, fences elsewhere on or adjacent to a public place.
## 3. REQUIREMENIS:
- (1) Owners or Occupiers of Real Property or their agents shall keep their property clear of brush or noxious weeds.
- (2) Owners or Occupiers of Real Property or their agents shall prevent infestation of it by caterpillars and other noxious or destructive insects and shall clear the property of caterpillars and other noxious or destructive insects.
- (3) Owners or Occupiers of Real Property, or their agents, shall remove from it any unsightly accumulation of filth, discarded materials, rubbish or graffiti.
## 4. REMEDIAL:
(1) In default of the Owner or Occupier of Real Property removing from the Real Property any unsightly accumulation of filth, discarded materials, rubbish or graffiti, or clearing the property of brush, or noxious weeds, or clearing the property of infestation of caterpillars and other noxious or destructive insects, the Municipality, by its employees and others, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, may enter and effect the removal or clearance at the expense of the Owner or Occupier defaulting and the charges for doing so, if unpaid on December 31st in any year, shall be added to and form part of the taxes payable on that Real Property as taxes in arrears.
## 5. INSPECTION:
(1) Every Inspector is hereby authorized to enter upon any lands and premises in the Municipality at all reasonable times to ascertain whether this By-Law is being observed.
## 6. OFFENCE AND FINE:
(1) A person who contravenes this By-Law by doing an act that it forbids, or by ommitting to do an act that it requires to be done, commits an offence and is liable to the penalties prescribed in the Offence Act.
## 7. CITATION:
This By-Law may be cited for all purposes Unsightly Premises By-Law #1378, 1990.' "The City of Revelstoke
8. This Bylaw shall take effect on the date of its adoption by Council.
READ A FIRST TIME THIS 9th DAY OF APRIL , 1990
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 9th
DAY OF
APRIL
READ A THIRD TIME THIS 9th
DAY OF
APRIL
RECONSIDERED AND FINALLY ADOPTED THIS 17th DAY OF APRIL = 1990.
, 1990
, 1990
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CLERK
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· hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Revelstoke Unsightly Premises By-Law #1378, 1990. the City
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CLERK