Municipality of the County of Inverness By-Law #7 (Municipal Property and Streets)

Inverness, Nova Scotia · No. 7 · adopted 1994-07-11 · summary & facts

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.J BE IT RESOLVED by the Municipal Council of the Municipality of the County of Inverness that by-law No. 7 Municipal Property and Streets be repealed and re-enacted as follows: BY-LAW 7 MUNICIPAL PROPERTY AND STREETS CUSTODY 1. Unless otherwise provided, and subject to the direction and control of the Council and Warden, the Clerk shall have the general custody and control of all Municipal property and of property subject to the management of the Municipality. OFFENCES 2. Any person who: (a) Destroys, damages, or blemishes any property of or under the care or management of the Municipality; or (b) Removes or causes to be removed any soil, gravel, trees, sand, or stones from land of or under the care or management of the Municipality; (c) Deposits or cause to be deposited any soil, gravel, sand, stone, garbage, filth, refuse or other material on lands of or under the care or management of the Municipality; shall be liable to a penalty of not more than One Hundred Dollars for each offence and in default of payment to imprisonment for a period of not more than (10) days. 3. (1) Any person who: (a) Obstructs or causes an obstruction in any public place or way; or (b) Places or causes to be placed any building or fence in. such a manner that it projects into or over any public place or way; shall, upon Notice having been served upon him/her, remove the said building or fence within the time limited by the said notice. (2) Where a person fails to remove such building or fence within the time limited in such Notice, the Warden or Clerk may order the said building or fence to be removed at the expense of the person who owns it, or who placed or caused it to be placed in contravention of this section, and such person shall be liable for the cost of such removal. 4. (1) Any person who uses a field which abuts on any public place or way, for horses, cattle, sheep, swine or other animals likely to stray from such field, shall erect and maintain a fence around such field sufficient to prevent such animals from straying from or breaking out of such field. (2) A fence, as required by this section, which has been approved by a fence viewer, shall be deemed suffi,fient under this section, but this subsection shall not affect the duty to maintain such fence. This electronic version of this By-law is provided by the Clerk of the Municipality of the County of Inverness for your convenience and personal use only. Formatting of this electronic version may differ from the official, printed version. Where accuracy is critical, please consult the Clerk's office. .. .. (3) Any person who fails to erect or maintain a fence as required by this section shall be liable to a penalty of not more than One Hundred Dollars and in default of payment to imprisonment for a period of not more than ten days. 5. (1) No person shall drive or ride any horae, cow, sheep, swine or other animal (a) On any sidewalk; or (b) On or in any other public place or way which is not a highway; where the passage or excrement of such animal would be likely to cause annoyance or does cause annoyance to any person or persons using the sidewalk or public place or way. (2) Any person who violates this section shall be liable to a penalty of not more than One Hundred Dollars for each offence, and in default to imprisonment for a period of not more than ten days. THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the foregoing by law is a true copy of a bylaw duly passed at a duly called meeting of the Municipal Council of the Municipality of the County of Inverness duly held on the 11th- day of July A.O., 1994 DEPARTMENT OF MUNICIPAL AFFAlfW" Reccomended for ~-the inislerH'.,l,a,,,,...., ~