Nuisance Bylaw (BYL000305)

Whistler, British Columbia · summary & facts

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RESORT MUNICIPALITY OF WHISTLER BYLAW NO. 3 0 5 , 1983 A B y l a w t o p r o v i d e f o r t h e p r e v e n t i o n , a b a t e m e n t and p r o h i b i t i o n of n u i s a n c e s . WHEREAS C o u n c i l i s empowered by t h e M u n i c i p a l A c t R . S . B . C . 1 9 7 9 , c . 290 ( t h e " A c t " ) t o p r o v i d e f o r t h e p r e v e n t i o n , a b a t e m e n t and p r o h i b i t i o n of n u i s a n c e s and t h e r e c o v e r y of t h e c o s t of a b a t e m e n t of n u i s a n c e s f r o m t h e p e r s o n c a u s i n g t h e n u i s a n c e and o t h e r p e r s o n s d e s c r i b e d i n t h e B y l a w ; NOW THEREFORE t h e C o u n c i l of t h e R e s o r t M u n i c i p a l i t y of W h i s t l e r i n open m e e t i n g a s s e m b l e d ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1 . No p e r s o n s h a l l c a u s e any n u i s a n c e w i t h i n t h e R e s o r t M u n i c i p a l - i t y and no owner or o c c u p i e r of r e a l p r o p e r t y or p r e m i s e s w i t h i n t h e R e s o r t M u n i c i p a l i t y s h a l l c a u s e , s u f f e r o r p e r m i t any n u i s a n c e i n o r upon t h e r e a l p r o p e r t y o r p r e m i s e s . 2 . The C o u n c i l of t h e R e s o r t M u n i c i p a l i t y of W h i s t l e r i n t h e e v e n t o f a n u i s a n c e i n or upon r e a l p r o p e r t y or p r e m i s e s w i t h i n t h e R e s o r t M u n i c i p a l i t y may d e l i v e r a n o t i c e i n w r i t i n g to t h e : (a) owner or o c c u p i e r of t h e r e a l p r o p e r t y or p r e m i s e s or t h e a g e n t of e i t h e r of t h e m ; o r (b) p e r s o n c a u s i n g t h e n u i s a n c e . r e q u i r i n g t h e n u i s a n c e to be a b a t e d o r removed f r o m t h e r e a l p r o p e r t y o r p r e m i s e s on t h e r e a l p r o p e r t y b e f o r e t h e e x p i r y o f t w e n t y - o n e ( 2 1 ) days a f t e r t h e d e l i v e r y of t h e n o t i c e . 3 . In t h e e v e n t of d e f a u l t o f t h i s a b a t e m e n t o r r e m o v a l and f a i l u r e o f t h e owner o r o c c u p i e r o f t h e r e a l p r o p e r t y o r p r e m i s e s on t h e r e a l p r o p e r t y or a g e n t of e i t h e r of them to c o m p l y w i t h t h e w r i t t e n n o t i c e t o a b a t e o r remove t h e n u i s a n c e , t h e C o u n c i l h e r e b y a u t h o r i z e s a g e n t s and e m p l o y e e s of t h e R e s o r t M u n i c i p a l i t y t o e n t e r t h e r e a l p r o p e r t y o r p r e m i s e s on t h e r e a l p r o p e r t y a f f e c t e d to e f f e c t t h e a b a t e - ment or r e m o v a l a t a t i m e and i n a manner of a d m i n i s t r a t i v e c o n v e n i e n c e to t h e R e s o r t M u n i c i p a l i t y a t t h e e x p e n s e of t h e p e r s o n d e f a u l t i n g . 4 . In t h e e v e n t t h e p e r s o n d e f a u l t i n g i n t h e r e m o v a l f a i l s to pay t h e c h a r g e s by t h e R e s o r t M u n i c i p a l i t y f o r e f f e c t i n g t h e r e m o v a l , and i f t h e c h a r g e s a r e u n p a i d on t h e t h i r t y - f i r s t ( 3 1 s t ) day of December i n any y e a r , t h e c h a r g e s s h a l l be added to and f o r m p a r t of t h e t a x e s p a y - a b l e i n r e s p e c t o f t h a t r e a l p r o p e r t y as t a x e s i n a r r e a r . 5 . The B y l a w E n f o r c e m e n t O f f i c e r of t h e R e s o r t M u n i c i p a l i t y of W h i s t l e r i s a u t h o r i z e d to e n t e r , a t a l l r e a s o n a b l e t i m e s , on any r e a l p r o p e r t y or p r e m i s e s on r e a l p r o p e r t y i n t h e R e s o r t M u n i c i p a l i t y to a s c e r t a i n w h e t h e r t h e r e g u l a t i o n s u n d e r t h i s B y l a w a r e b e i n g o b s e r v e d . 6 . Any p e r s o n who v i o l a t e s any of t h e p r o v i s i o n s of t h i s B y l a w , or who n e g l e c t s t o do o r r e f r a i n f r o m d o i n g a n y t h i n g r e q u i r e d to be done by any o f t h e p r o v i s i o n s of t h i s B y l a w , o r who does any a c t w h i c h v i o l a t e s any o t h e r p r o v i s i o n s of t h i s B y l a w , s h a l l be g u i l t y of an i n f r a c t i o n o f t h i s B y l a w , and upon summary c o n v i c t i o n t h e r e f o r s h a l l be l i a b l e t o a f i n e and p e n a l t y n o t e x c e e d i n g two t h o u s a n d d o l l a r s ( $ 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 ) i n a d d i t i o n to a c h a r g e or l i e n i m p o s e d on a p e r s o n ' s l a n d s u n d e r t h i s B y l a w . 7 . A new o f f e n c e s h a l l be deemed u n d e r t h i s B y l a w t o have been c o m m i t t e d e a c h day a n u i s a n c e c o n t i n u e s a f t e r t h e t i m e l i m i t s p e c i f i e d i n t h e n o t i c e d e l i v e r e d by C o u n c i l u n d e r t h i s B y l a w has p a s s e d . \ B y l a w N o . 305 3 0 5 , 1 9 8 3 " T h i s B y l a w may be c i t e d f o r a l l p u r p o s e s as " N u i s a n c e B y l a w No GIVEN FIRST READING t h i s 2nd day of May , 1 9 8 3 . i GIVEN SECOND READING t h i s 1 6 t h day o f May , 1 9 8 3 . GIVEN THIRD READING t h i s 1 6 t h day of . May , 1 9 8 3 . APPROVED by t h e I n s p e c t o r of M u n i c i p a l i t i e s t h i s ^ day of | ! ^ ^ - , 1 9 8 3 . RECONSIDERED and f i n a l l y ADOPTED by t h e C o u n c i l t h i s Z 7 * day of , 1 9 8 3 . L . K . Shoup houp R o b i n s o n , M u n i c i p a l CI e r k I HEREBY CERTIFY t h a t t h i s i s a t r u e copy o f " N u i s a n c e B y l a w N o . 3 0 5 , 1 9 8 3 " . L . K . Shoup R o b i n s o n , M u n i c i p a l C I e r k APPROVED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 OF THE RESORT MUNICIPALS OF WHISTLER ACT T H K DAY OF ^ ^ ^ i c T O R Ó ^ U N I C I P A U T l E S Signed Original on File Signed Original on File Province Of Ministry of Parliament Buildings British Columbia Municipal Affairs Victoria British Columbia V8W 3E1 YOUR FILE OUR FILE. RO1--39 June 16, 1983. Mrs. L.K. Shoup Robinson, Municipal Clerk, Resort Municipality of Whistler, Box 35, Whistler, B.C. VON 1B0 Dear Mrs. Robinson: Returned herewith i s one copy of By-law No. 305, cited as "Nuisance By-law No. 305, 1983", duly approved by the Deputy Inspector of Municipalities pursuant to the provisions of section 5 of the Resort Municipality of Whistler Act. T.F. Moore, Deputy Inspector of M u n i c i p a l i t i e s . BMS/mr Enel.