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## Nuisance Abatement Bylaw
## RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF CRAIK NO. 222
## BYLAW NO. 2019-02
## A BYLAW TO PROVIDE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES
This Bylaw shall only apply in Subdivisions within the Municipality.
The council for the Rural Municipality of Craik No. 222 in the Province of Saskatchewan enacts as follows:
## Short Title
1. This Bylaw may be cited as the "Nuisance Abatement Bylaw".
## Purpose
- a) the safety, health or welfare of people in the neighbourhood;
2. The purpose of this Bylaw is to provide for the abatement of nuisances, including property, activities, or things that adversely affect:
- b) people's use and enjoyment of their property; or
- c) the amenity of a neighbourhood.
## Definitions
3. In this Bylaw:
- b) "building" means a building within the meaning of The Municipalities Act;
- a) "Designated Officer" means an employee or agent of the Municipality appointed by Council to act as a municipal inspector for the purposes of this Bylaw;
- c) "Municipality" means the Rural Municipality of Craik No. 222;
- d) "Council" means the Council of the Rural Municipality of Craik No. 222;
- e) "Subdivision" means four or more residential porperties on one quarter of land.
- f) "junked vehicle" means any automobile, tractor, truck, trailer or other vehicle that
- (1) has no valid license plates attached to it; or
- (2) IS in a rusted, wrecked, partly wrecked, dismantled, partly dismantled inoperative or abandoned condition; and
10. ii) is located on private land, but that:
- (1) is not within a structure erected in accordance with any Bylaw respecting the erection of buildings and structures in force within the Municipality; and
- (2) does not form a part of a business enterprise lawfully being operated on that land;
- g) "nuisance" means a condition of property, or a thing, or an activity, that adversely affects or may adversely affect:
14. ii) people's use and enjoyment of their property; or
- i) the safety, health or welfare of people in the neighbourhood;
16. ili) the amenity of a neighbourhood
## and includes:
- i) a building in a ruinous or dilapidated state of repair
2. ii) an unoccupied building that is damaged and is an imminent danger to public safety;
3. ili) land that is overgrown with grass and weeds;
- V) junked vehicles; and
5. iv) untidy and unsightly property;
6. V1) open excavations on property;
- h) "owner" means an owner as defined in The Municipalities Act;
- g) "occupant" means an occupant as defined in The Municipalities Act;
- i) "property" means land or buildings or both;
- j) "structure" means anything erected or constructed, the use of which requires temporary or permanent location on, or support of, the soil, or attached to something having permanent location on the ground or soil; but not including pavements, curbs, walks or open air surfaced areas.
## Responsibility
4. Unless otherwise specified, the owner of a property, including land, buildings and structures, shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this Bylaw.
## Nuisances Prohibited Generally
5. No person shall cause or permit a nuisance to occur on any property owned by that person.
## Dilapidated Buildings
- a) is dangerous to the public health or safety;
6. Notwithstanding the generality of section 5, no person shall cause or permit a building or structure to deteriorate into a ruinous or dilapidated state such that the building or structure:
- b) substantially depreciates the value of other land or improvements in the neighbourhood; or
- c) is substantially detrimental to the amenities of the neighbourhood.
## Unoccupied Buildings
7. Notwithstanding the generality of section 5, no person shall cause or permit an unoccupied building to become damaged or to deteriorate into a state of disrepair such that the building is an imminent danger to public safety.
## Overgrown Grass and Weeds
8. Notwithstanding the generality of section 5, no owner or occupant of land shall cause or permit the land to be overgrown with grass or weeds.
9. For the purposes of this section 8 of this bylaw, "overgrown" means in excess of 0.20 metres in height.
10. Section 8 of this bylaw shall not apply to any growth which forms part of a natural garden that has been deliberately planted to produce ground cover, including one or more species of wildflowers, shrubs, perennials, grasses or combinations of them, whether native or non-native, consistent with a managed and natural landscape other than regularly mown grass.
## Untidy and Unsightly Property
11. Notwithstanding the generality of section 5, no person shall cause or permit any land or buildings to become untidy and unsightly.
## Junked Vehicles
12. Notwithstanding the generality of section 5, no person shall cause or permit any junked vehicle to be kept on any land owned by that person.
## Open Excavations
13. Notwithstanding the generality of section 5, no person shall cause or permit any basement, excavation, drain, ditch, watercourse, pond, surface water, swimming pool or other structure to exist in or on any private land or in or about any building or structure which is dangerous to the public safety or health.
## Maintenance of Yards
14. Notwithstanding the generality of section 5, no person shall cause or permit on any property owned by that person:
- a) an infestation of rodents, vermin or insects;
- b) any dead or hazardous trees; or
- c) any sharp or dangerous objects.
## Outdoor Storage of Materials
15. Any building materials, lumber, scrap metal, boxes or similar items stored in a yard shall be neatly stacked in piles and elevated off the ground so as not to constitute a nuisance or harbourage for rodents, vermin and insects.
16. Materials referred to in section 15 shall be elevated at least 0.15 metres off the ground and shall be stacked at least 3.0 metres from the exterior walls of any building and at least 1.0 metre from the property line.
## Refrigerators and Freezers
17. Any refrigerator or freezer left in a yard shall first have its hinges, latches, lid, door or doors removed.
## Fences
18. Fences shall be maintained in a safe and reasonable state of repair.
## Enforcement of Bylaw
19. The administration and enforcement of this bylaw is hereby delegated to the Administrator for the Rural Municipality of Craik No. 222.
20. The Administrator of the Municipality is hereby authorized to further delegate the administration and enforcement of this bylaw to Designated Officer.
## Inspections
21. The inspection of property by the Municipality to determine if this bylaw is being complied with is hereby authorized.
22. Inspections under this Bylaw shall be carried out in accordance with section 362 of The Municipalities Act.
23. No person shall obstruct a Designated Officer who is authorized to conduct an inspection under this section, or a person who is assisting a Designated Officer.
## Order to Remedy Contraventions
24. If a Designated Officer finds that a person is contravening this bylaw, the Designated Officer may, by written order, require the owner or occupant of the property to which the contravention relates to remedy the contravention.
25. Orders given under this bylaw shall comply with section 364 of The Municipalities Act.
26. Orders given under this bylaw shall be served in accordance with section 390 of The Municipalities Act.
## Registration of Notice of Order
27. If an order is issued pursuant to section 24, the Municipality may, in accordance with section 364 of The Municipalities Act, give notice of the existence of the order by registering an interest against the title to the land that is the subject of the order.
## Appeal of Order to Remedy
28. A person may appeal an order made pursuant to section 24 in accordance with section 365 of The Municipalities Act.
## Municipality Remedying Contraventions
29. The Municipality may, in accordance with section 366 of The Municipalities Act, take whatever actions or measures are necessary to remedy a contravention of this bylaw.
30. In an emergency, the Municipality may take whatever actions or measures are necessary to eliminate the emergency in accordance with the provisions of section 367 of The Municipalities Act.
## Recovery of Unpaid Expenses and Costs
- a) by civil action for debt in a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with section 368 of The Municipalities Act; or
31. Any unpaid expenses and costs incurred by the Municipality in remedying a contravention of this bylaw may be recovered either:
- b) by adding the amount to the taxes on the property on which the work is done in accordance with section 369 of The Municipalities Act.
## Offences and Penalties
- a) fail to comply with an order made pursuant to this bylaw;
- b) obstruct or interfere with any Designated Officer or any other person acting under the authority of this bylaw; or
- c) fail to comply with any other provision of this bylaw.
33. A Designated Officer who has reason to believe that a person has contravened any provision of this bylaw may serve on that person a Notice of Violation, which Notice of Violation shall indicate that the Municipality will accept voluntary payment in the sum of $ 25.00 to be paid to the Municipality within 15 to 30 days.
34. Where the Municipality receives voluntary payment of the amount prescribed under section 33 within the time specified, the person receiving the Notice of Violation shall not be liable to prosecution for the alleged contravention.
35. Payment of any Notice of Violation does not exempt the person from enforcement of an order pursuant to section 24 of this bylaw.
36. Every person who contravenes any provision of section 32 is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction:
- a) in the case of an individual, to a fine of not more than $10,000;
- b) in the case of a corporation, to a fine of not more than $25,000; and
- c) in the case of a continuing offence, to a maximum daily fine of not mo than $2,500
- d) See Schedule A for fine details.
into force on the day of its final passing.
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Read a third time and adopted this 14 day of March 2019
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True certified copy of Bylaw 2019-02
Reeve
Administrator
## "SCHEDULE A"
First Order of Remedy Second Order of Remedy
Third Order of Remedy
$50.00
$500.00
Municipality will remedy the situation at the land owner expense