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THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF SUMMERLAND
BYLAW NUMBER 2438
A BYLAW TO ASSIGN NUMBERS TO BUILDINGS AND
STRUCTURES AND TO REGULATE THE PLACING OF
SUCH NUMBERS
WHEREAS Section 579 of the Municipal Act, Revised Statutues
of British Columbia 1979, Chapter 290, and amendments thereto, provides
Municipal Council with the authority to assign building or structures
numbers to be placed in a conspicuous place;
AND WHEREAS Section 294 of the Municipal Act, Revised
Statutues of British Columbia 1979, Chapter 290, and amendments thereto,
provides Municipal Council with the authority to enforce bylaws by
imposing fines;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the
District of Summerland lin open meeting assembled, ENACTS AS FOLLOWS:
1.
This Bylaw may be cited for all purposes as the "Summerland Building
Numbering Bylaw, 1989".
2.
Definitions for the purpose of this bylaw:
BUILDING AND/OR STRUCTURE
shall mean the principal building or
structure located on a parcel of land that a number shall be
assigned to and shall not include accessory buildings.
BUILDING INSPECTOR
shall mean the person so designated by the
Muni ci pal Council as the Building Inspector and shall include
any person so designated as an assistant to the Building
Inspector.
BYLAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
shall mean the person so appointed by
Municipal Council.
COUNCIL
means the Municipal Council of The Corporation of the
District of Summerland.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES OFFICER
shall mean the person so designated by
the Municipal Council as the Development Services Officers and
shall include any person so designated as an assistant to the
Development Services Officer.
MUNICIPALITY
shall mean the municipal area comprised within the
boundaries of The Corporation of the District of Summerland.
3.
It shall be the responsibility of every registered owner of property
on which a building is constructed to place the number, so assigned
by the Development Services Officer, in a conspicuous place.
4.
The Development Services Officer shall, at the time of issuance of a
Building Permit for a residential dwelling, commercial or industrial
building, assign a number which shall be placed on the said building
upon final inspection.
5.
Every owner upon receipt of the notice assigning a number to his
structure, shall place the number so assigned, upon completion of
the said structure in accordance with the terms of this Bylaw.
6.
All numbers so placed on a building shall be visible from the road
allowance immediately in front of the said building and in cases
where buildings are so situated that the numbers would not be
visible from the roadway, the numbers shall be placed at the
entrance to the said property.
7.
All numbers placed directly on the building shall be a minimum of
12.7 centimetres (5 inches) in height.
8.
All numbers placed at the entrance to a parcel of land shall be a
minimum of 7.6 centimetres (3 inches) in height.
9.
The Building Inspector is empowered to administer and enforce this
bylaw prior to occupancy of newly constructed buildings within the
municipality.
The Bylaw Enforcement Officer is empowered to
administer and enforce this bylaw for all existing structures within
the municipality.
The Building Inspector or the Bylaw Enforcement
Officer may at all reasonable times enter upon any real property in
the Municipality in order to ascertain whether the regulations
contained in this bylaw are being obeyed.
10.
Every person who violates any of the provisions of this bylaw shall
be deemed to be guilty upon summary conviction of a violation of
this bylaw and shall be liable to the penalties hereby imposed.
11.
Any person found guilty of an infraction of this bylaw, shall be
liable, upon summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding Two
Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense.
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12.
Bylaw Number 1656 is hereby repealed.
READ A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD TIME this 12th day of June,
1989.
RECONSIDERED, finally read and adopted by the Municipal
Council of The Corporation of the District of Summerland, signed by the
Mayor and Clerk and sealed with the Corporate Seal of the said
Corporation, this 26th day of June, 1989.
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