CITY OF REVELSTOKE
BY-LAW #l378
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A BY-LAW TO PROHIBIT UNSIGHTLY PREMISES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF REVELSTOKE
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The Council of the City of Revelstoke, in open meeting assembled, pursuant to Section 932 (g), (h), (h.l), and (k) of the Municipal Act, enacts as follows:
THAT the City of Revelstoke Untidy and Unsightly Premises By-Law #l333, l988 is hereby repealed in its' entirety.
l. 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:
(l) 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 or elsewhere on or
adjacent to a public place.
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3. REQUIREMENTS:
(l) 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:
(l) 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 3lst in any year, shall be added to and form part of the taxes payable on that Real Property as taxes in arrears.
5. INSPECTION:
(l) 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:
(l) 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 as "The City of Revelstoke Unsightly Premises By-Law #l378, l990."
8. This Bylaw shall take effect on the date of its adoption by Council.
READ A FIRST TIME THIS 9th DAY OF APRIL , l990
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 9th DAY OF APRIL , l990
READ A THIRD TIME THIS 9th DAY OF APRIL , l990
RECONSIDERED AND FINALLY ADOPTED THIS l7th DAY OF APRIL , l990.
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CLERK MAYOR
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the City of Revelstoke Unsightly Premises By-Law #l378, l990.
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CLERK
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