City of Surrey Controlled Substance Property Bylaw
2006 No 15820
Table of
Contents
Page No.
Part 1
Citation
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1
Part 2
Severability .............................................................................................
2
Part 3
Definitions and Interpretation
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Part 4
Building, Safety, Health, Nuisance and Noxious or Offensive Business Regulations
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6
Part 5
Responsibilities of Owners
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Part 6 City
Reliance ........................................................................................
11
Part 7
Powers of Building Inspector, Fire Chief and Inspectors ......................
12
Part 8 Fees
and Service Costs........................................................................
14
Part 9
Default
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15
Part 10
Discontinuance of Service
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Part 11
Offence and
Penalty..........................................................................
15
Part 12
Repeal
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16
City of Surrey
Controlled
Substance Property
Bylaw,
2006, No. 15820
As amended
by By-law No. 16522, 01/14/08; 16809, 01/19/09; 16849, 01/19/09; 17070, 12/14/09; 17311, 01/10/11; 17557, 02/06/12
A Bylaw to
regulate, prohibit or impose requirements respecting controlled substance
properties.
THIS IS A
CONSOLIDATED BY-LAW PREPARED BY THE CITY OF SURREY FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY. THE CITY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS CONSOLIDATION IS CURRENT. IT IS THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PERSON USING THIS CONSOLIDATION TO ENSURE THAT IT
ACCURATELY REFLECTS CURRENT BY-LAW PROVISIONS.
WHEREAS
Council of the City of Surrey wishes to enact a bylaw to
regulate, prohibit and impose requirements respecting controlled substance
properties;
AND WHEREAS the alteration of structures, plumbing, heating, air conditioning,
electrical wiring and equipment, gas piping and fittings, appliances and
accessories in or on controlled substance properties creates danger to
occupiers and neighbours of controlled substance properties and risks to the
health and safety of the occupiers and neighbours;
AND WHEREAS controlled substance properties that contravene applicable
standards under the Building Code, British Columbia Fire Code, Safety Standards
Act, Health Act or other applicable enactments, including bylaw requirements of
the City, create risks to the health and safety of occupiers and neighbours,
are offensive and a nuisance, and reduce the value of neighbouring properties;
Under its
statutory powers, including Sections 8(3)(g), (h) and (l) of the Community
Charter, S.B.C. 2003, c. 26, the Council of the City of Surrey enacts as
follows:
Part 1
Citation
1.1 This
Bylaw may be cited as "Controlled Substance Property Bylaw, 2006, No.
15820".
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Part 2
Severability
2.1 If a
portion of this bylaw is found invalid by a court, it will be severed and the
remainder of the bylaw will remain in effect.
Part 3
Definitions and Interpretation
Definitions
3.1 In this
bylaw:
"amphetamines"
include dextroamphetamines and methamphetamines;
"alteration"
means any change made to the structural, mechanical or electrical components of
a building without having first obtained a building permit under the authority
of the City’s building regulation bylaw;
"building"
means any structure or construction for any use or occupancy;
"Building
Code" means the British Columbia Building Code as adopted by the Minister
responsible under the Community Charter;
"Building
Inspector" means the chief building official for the City, and every
inspector appointed by the City to inspect buildings or structures in respect
of building, plumbing, gas, or electrical standards;
"clandestine
drug lab" means the manufacture of amphetamines, ecstacy, LSD (lysergic
acid diethlamide), GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate), crack cocaine, marijuana oil or
its derivatives;
"controlled
substance" means a "controlled substance" as defined or
described in Schedules I, II or III of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, S.C.
1996, c. 19, but does not include a controlled substance permitted under that
act;
"controlled
substance property" means
(a) a
parcel contaminated by or containing trace amounts of chemical or biological
materials used in or produced by the trade or manufacture of a controlled
substance,
(b) a
building or structure altered to manufacture, grow, store, sell, trade or
barter a controlled substance, or
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(c) a
parcel which has been or is being used for the manufacture, growing, storage,
sale, trade or barter of a controlled substance,
and which
does not meet applicable standards under the Building Code, British Columbia
Fire Code, Safety Standards Act, Health Act or other applicable enactments
including any bylaw requirements of the City;
"dangerous
goods" means those products or substances regulated by the Transportation
of Dangerous Goods Act and its regulations;
"Fire
Chief" means the person who is appointed to be head of the City’s fire and
rescue services and every person designated by Council by name or office or
otherwise to act in the place of the Fire Chief;
"flammable
and combustible liquid" for the purposes of this Bylaw is as classified
under the British Columbia Fire Code;
"grow
operation" means the cultivation of marijuana plants or psilocybin
mushrooms;
"hazardous
condition" means
(a) any
real or potential risk of fire, noxious fumes or gasses, or explosion,
(b) any
real or potential risk to the health or safety of persons or property,
including mould or fungus,
(c) any
unapproved or unauthorized building alteration, or
(d) any
contravention of the Building Code, British Columbia Fire Code, Safety
Standards Act, Health Act or bylaws of the City;
"inspector"
means
(a) the
Fire Chief, and every person appointed by Council or the Fire Chief, as
applicable, to be an officer or employee of the City’s fire and rescue service,
(b) the
Building Inspector,
(c) a peace
officer, including a member of the Surrey RCMP Detachment,
(d) the
Manager, Bylaw and Licensing Services and every bylaw enforcement officer,
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(e) a
safety officer under the Safety Standards Act,
(f) a
health inspector appointed by the local health authority,
(g) the
deputy of a person, officer or employee referred in paragraphs (a) to (f), and
(h) other
persons designated by Council by name or office or otherwise to act in the
place of the persons, officers or employees referred to in paragraphs (a) to
(g);
"owner"
includes the registered owner, and the lessee, licensee, tenant, and the
caretaker, user or other occupier of a building or a part of a building, or the
agent of the owner;
"parcel"
means any lot, block or other area in which land is held or into which it is
subdivided;
"pesticide"
means a substance or mixture, including a chemical, used to destroy, prevent, repel
or mitigate fungi or animal pests or microorganisms such as bacteria or
viruses, and includes herbicides, fungicides or other substances used to
control pests, plant regulators, defoliants or desiccants;
"professional
cleaner" means an individual or corporation experienced and qualified in
removing from buildings moulds, fungi, contaminants, including pesticides,
fertilizers or chemicals used to manufacture or grow controlled substances, if
the removal is required under sections 5.2 and 5.3;
"qualified
professional" means an individual or corporation who
(a) is a
certified industrial hygienist (CIH), a registered occupational hygienist (ROH), a registered professional
biologist (R.P.Bio.), or a Ph.D. mycologist, and
(b) carries
environmental liability insurance in the minimum amount of $1,000,000.00;
"residential
premises" means any building or part of a building which may be occupied
as a dwelling unit by one or more persons;
"service
costs" means all direct and indirect costs incurred by the City in relation
to the inspection and removal of illegal activities, individuals associated
with illegal activities, materials associated with illegal activities and
by-products resulting from illegal activities at a controlled substance
property, including a parcel used as a grow operation or a clandestine drug
lab, and includes:
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(a)
administration and overhead associated with the inspection and removal,
(b) costs
incurred for the dismantling, disassembly, removal, clean up, transportation,
storage, and disposal of equipment, substances, materials or other
paraphernalia associated with the use, trade, business or manufacture,
(c) costs
incurred to replace consumables used, or to replace equipment following exposure
to contaminants,
(d) costs
incurred for the analysis of the materials found at the property and the health
or safety conditions at the property,
(e) costs
incurred in respect of the property under a contract for services for an
independent contractor or agent, including without limitation, a professional
engineer, a consultant, a person retained to carry out construction or
demolition, a health professional, an electrical inspector, or a hazardous
materials professional,
(f) costs
incurred by the City’s peace officers for the forensic investigation and
inspection of the property, securing of the property, accompanying inspectors
on or in the property, or otherwise lawfully attending at the property,
(g) costs
incurred by the City’s fire and rescue service to inspect the property, take
any action under section 5.2, or respond to a fire caused by
(i) an
alteration made in relation to a grow operation or clandestine drug lab, or
(ii) the
manufacture or growth of a controlled substance,
(h) costs
incurred by the City for cleaning, maintaining or repairing the City’s sanitary
or storm sewers, water mains, roadways, sidewalks or other City property in
relation to impacts of a grow operation or clandestine drug lab, and
(i) legal
fees on a solicitor and own client basis;
"special
safety inspection" means an inspection coordinated with other such
departments, jurisdictions, and contractors as is necessary to ascertain
hazardous conditions or contraventions that may exist under the Building Code,
the British Columbia Fire Code, Safety Standards Act, Health Act, bylaws of the
City or other applicable enactments;
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"structure"
means an alteration, erection, addition, demolition, excavation or other
construction;
"tenancy
agreement" means an agreement, whether written or oral, express or
implied, having a predetermined expiry date or not, between a landlord and
tenant respecting possession of premises, including residential premises;
"utility"
means a lawful provider of an electrical, water or natural gas service from a
distribution system to consumers.
Interpretation
3.2 In this
bylaw, every reference to an enactment is a reference to the enactment and also
to any regulation made under that enactment, all as may be amended, re-enacted
or replaced from time to time.
Standard of
Proof
3.3
Findings of fact for the purpose of determining whether all regulations,
prohibitions or requirements under this bylaw are applicable or are being met
are to be made on the balance of probabilities.
3.4 A
marijuana grow operation or clandestine drug lab may be found to have existed
on a parcel and a property deemed to be a controlled substance property for the
purposes of this bylaw even if:
(a) no
person has been charged with an offence relating to the marijuana grow
operation or clandestine drug lab; or
(b) a
person charged with an offence relating to the marijuana grow operation or
clandestine drug lab was acquitted of all charges in proceedings before a
criminal court or the charges are withdrawn or stayed or otherwise do not
proceed.
Part 4
Building, Safety, Health, Nuisance and Noxious or Offensive Business
Regulations
Prohibitions
4.1 A
person, other than:
(a) a
utility; or
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(b) a person
to whom a disconnection or bypass permit required by the City has been issued,
must not
disconnect, tamper with or bypass a meter installed for the purpose of
ascertaining consumption of electricity, water or natural gas from an
electrical, water or natural gas distribution system.
4.2 A
person must not alter a structure or building in a way that facilitates the
manufacture or growth of a controlled substance or for the purpose of
establishing or operating a grow operation or clandestine drug lab.
4.3 A person
must not divert or install exhaust vents for hot water tanks or furnaces to
exhaust into or within a building except by way of an exhaust vent constructed
or installed in compliance with applicable provincial and City enactments.
4.4 A
person must not store or use dangerous goods in a building in quantities
greater than permitted under the British Columbia Fire Code.
4.5 A
person must not:
(a)
construct or install any obstruction of an exit or an access to an exit
required under the Building Code or other enactment; or
(b) remove
fire stopping provided or required under an enactment, to contain the spread of
fire within a building.
4.6 A
person must not cause or allow a building to become subject to the growth of
mould or fungus arising from or in relation to a grow operation or clandestine
drug lab in the building.
4.7 A
person must not cause, allow or permit:
(a) a
nuisance as a result of his or her use of occupancy of a parcel; or
(b) water,
rubbish or unsightly matter to collect or accumulate in, on, under or around a
parcel owned, used or occupied by the person.
4.8 A
person must not cause, allow or permit in a building the manufacture, growing,
storage, transfer or disposal of a substance that emits odours, fumes or
particulate matter that disturbs the enjoyment, health, comfort or convenience
of individuals.
4.9 A
person must not:
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(a)
interfere with or obstruct the Building Inspector or the Fire Chief from
posting a "Do Not Occupy" notice referred to in section 7.1; or
(b) remove,
alter, cover or mutilate a "Do Not Occupy" notice posted under
section 7.1,
except with
the prior written permission of the Building Inspector or Fire Chief, as
applicable.
Reconnection
of Services
4.10 If as
a result of the use or suspected use of a parcel for a grow operation or
clandestine drug lab or as a controlled substance property:
(a) the
supply of electricity, water or natural gas to the parcel has been disconnected
by the City, a utility, any other lawful authority, or any person;
(b)
alterations or repairs have been made to structural, electrical, water or
natural gas systems, equipment, appliances or other accessories of any kind on
the parcel; or
(c) a
hazardous condition exists on the parcel,
then a
person must not reconnect the supply of electricity, water or natural gas and,
subject to the Residential Tenancy Act, a person must not use or occupy the
parcel or permit the parcel to be used or occupied, until the person has
complied with section 4.11.
Remedial
Measures
4.11
Without limiting section 4.10, a person must not use or occupy a parcel
described in section 4.10, or permit the parcel to be used or occupied, until
in respect of the parcel:
(a) a
special safety inspection of the parcel has been carried out under section 7.2,
(b) the
owner has:
(i)
obtained all permits, approvals or authorizations required to carry out, and
(ii) has
carried out or caused to be carried out,
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the work
necessary to bring the parcel into compliance with this bylaw and other
applicable bylaws and applicable provincial enactments;
(c)
remedial measures prescribed by section 5.2 of this bylaw have been completed
and written certification has been provided to the Manager, Bylaw and Licensing
Services under section 5.3;
(d) if
required under an enactment, including the City’s building bylaw, the owner has
retained a professional engineer holding a valid licence under the Engineers
and Geoscientists Act and the professional engineer has certified in writing
that the building safety requirements required under applicable enactments have
been complied with;
(e) the
owner has paid all service fees and other fees imposed under this bylaw and
other relevant City bylaws in relation to the inspection of the parcel and the
issuance of permits; and
(f) the
Building Inspector or Fire Chief has removed the "Do Not Occupy"
notice pursuant to section 7.7.
Part 5
Responsibilities of Owners
Inspection
of Rental Properties
5.1 Every
person who is the registered owner of a parcel that contains a building, a
structure or other premise that is subject to a tenancy agreement:
(a) must
inspect the premises, building or structure at least once during every period
of three consecutive calendar months to ascertain whether this bylaw has been
contravened; and
(b) who has
inspected the premises at a time when there is a contravention of this bylaw in
relation to the premises, building or structure, must
(i) within
24 hours of the discovery of the contravention, deliver written notice to the
Manager, Bylaw and Licensing Services of the particulars of the contravention,
and
(ii)
subject to the Residential Tenancy Act, within two months of the delivery of
the notice, take such action
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as may be
necessary to bring the premises into compliance with this bylaw so that the
Building Inspector or Fire Chief may remove the "Do Not Occupy"
notice posted under section 7.1.
Remediation
5.2 If a
building on a parcel has been used for a grow operation or clandestine drug
lab, the owner of the parcel must, within fourteen (14) days after delivery by
the City of a letter under section 7.2(b), subject to the Residential Tenancy
Act:
(a) remove
and dispose of all carpets and curtains in the building;
(b) if the
building is heated by forced air heating, have the furnace, all air ducts, main
distribution ducts, venting, and filtering cleaned by a professional cleaner or
by a duct cleaning company; and
(c) have
all walls, floors, insulation, moisture barrier and ceilings in the building
replaced or cleaned and disinfected by a professional cleaner.
5.3 After a
professional cleaner has been engaged by the owner and has completed the
requirements of section 5.2, a qualified professional must inspect the building
and provide written certification in the form prescribed by the Manager, Bylaw
and Licensing Services that the requirements of section 5.2 have been satisfied
and the building is substantially free of any pesticides, fertilizers, toxic
chemical contamination, moulds or fungi, prior to the occupancy or re-occupancy
of the building.
5.4 Any
remediation required to be done on a parcel pursuant to section 4.10 and
section 5.2 of this bylaw must be completed within 60 days of the date a "Do
Not Occupy" notice is posted under section 7.1, provided, however, that
where the Manager, Bylaw and Licensing Services is satisfied that the owner is
diligently proceeding with the required work, the Manager, Bylaw and Licensing
Services may grant an extension of time that is, in his or her opinion acting
reasonably, sufficient to complete the remediation work required.
5.5 Neither
the removal of a "Do Not Occupy" notice posted under section 7.1 nor
the issuance of a building permit under this bylaw nor the acceptance or review
of plans, drawings or specifications or supporting documents, or any
inspections made by or on behalf of the City, will in any way relieve the owner
from full and sole responsibility to perform work required or
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contemplated
under this bylaw or the Building Code and all other applicable codes, standards
and enactments.
5.6 It is
the full and sole responsibility of the owner (and where the owner is acting
through a representative, the representative) to carry out the work in respect
of which a permit was issued or which is required prior to removal of a
"Do Not Occupy" notice posted under section 7.1 in compliance with
this bylaw and all other applicable codes, standards and enactments, including
the Building Code.
Fire
Hazards
5.7 Every
owner or occupier of a parcel must undertake any action directed by the Fire
Chief for the purpose of removing or reducing any thing or condition that the
Fire Chief or any other authorized person considers is a fire hazard or
increases the danger of fire.
Occupancy
Not Permitted
5.8 After a
grow operation or clandestine drug lab is removed from a parcel, and until the
remedial measures prescribed by section 4.10 and section 5.2 of this bylaw are
completed and the written certifications are provided to the Manager, Bylaw and
Licensing Services as required by section 4.11 and section 5.3, the parcel
shall not be occupied by any person and it shall be an offence for any person
to allow, suffer or permit any occupancy of the parcel until its occupancy is
permitted by this bylaw.
Notice to
Prospective Occupants
5.9 Before
a parcel is re-occupied after removal of a grow operation or clandestine drug
lab, the owner must notify any prospective occupants from that time forward in
writing that a grow operation or clandestine lab was removed and that the
requirements of this bylaw were met.
Part 6 City
Reliance
6.1 Neither
the issuance of a building permit nor the removal of a "Do Not
Occupy" notice posted under section 7.1 under this bylaw nor the
acceptance or review of plans, drawings or specifications or supporting
documents nor any inspections made by or on behalf of the City constitute in
any way a representation, warranty, assurance or statement that the Building
Code, this bylaw or any other applicable codes, standards or enactments have
been complied with.
6.2 When a
qualified professional, professional engineer, architect or other person
provides certification or other documentation to the City under this bylaw that
the work required by or contemplated by this bylaw
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substantially
conforms to the requirements of this bylaw and that the building complies with
the health and safety requirements of the Building Code, British Columbia
Electrical Code, this bylaw and all other health and safety requirements
established by applicable enactments, the City will rely solely on the
documentation as evidence of conformity with these requirements and not on its
receipt of plans, monitoring of the work, acknowledgement of completion, or
removal of a "Do Not Occupy" notice posted under section 7.1.
Part 7
Powers of Building Inspector, Fire Chief and Inspectors
Posting and
Delivery of Notices
7.1 If:
(a) the
Building Inspector or Fire Chief has reason to believe that all or part of a
parcel is a controlled substance property;
(b) the
Fire Chief has ordered every occupier of a controlled substance property to
vacate;
(c) Council
has ordered every occupier of the controlled substance property to vacate under
the Community Charter; or
(d) an
owner has delivered a written notice to the Manager, Bylaw and Licensing
Services under section 5.1,
the
Building Inspector or Fire Chief may post a notice in the form prescribed for
that purpose from time to time in a conspicuous place at the entrances of the
parcel and deliver to the owner of the parcel a notice that the parcel is
unsafe and that no person may enter or occupy the parcel.
7.2 The
Manager, Bylaw and Licensing Services may:
(a)
coordinate a special safety inspection of the controlled substance property;
and
(b) deliver
to the owner of the parcel a form of notice advising of the requirements of
this bylaw.
Inspection
Powers
7.3 Subject
to the Community Charter, an inspector may enter a parcel to:
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(a) inspect
and determine whether all regulations, prohibitions or requirements under this
bylaw or other enactments are being met in relation to any manner for which the
Council, a municipal officer or employee or a person authorized by the Council
has exercised authority under this or another act to regulate, prohibit or
impose requirements;
(b) to
carry out a special safety inspection under section 7.2;
(c) take
action authorized under section 9.1 of this bylaw; or
(d)
inspect, disconnect or remove a service under sections 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 of
this bylaw.
7.4 Subject
to the Community Charter, an inspector may attend at the parcel from time to
time during the course of work required by or contemplated under this bylaw to
ascertain that the work required of the owner is taking place and to monitor
the progress of the work done by the owner.
Receive
Documents
7.5 The
Manager, Bylaw and Licensing Services may:
(a)
acknowledge receipt of evidence from the owner of completion of work referred
to in section 4.11, 5.2 and 5.3; and
(b) receive
the written certification, documents and fees referred to in section 4.11 and
5.3.
Fire Chief
Powers
7.6 The
Fire Chief may:
(a) enter
on a parcel and inspect premises for conditions that may cause a fire, increase
the danger of a fire or increase the danger to persons or property from a fire;
(b) take
measures to prevent the starting and spread of fires and to suppress fires,
including the demolition of buildings and other structures to prevent the
spreading of fires;
(c) order
the owner of the parcel to undertake any actions directed by the Fire Chief for
the purpose of removing or reducing any thing or condition that person
considers is a fire hazard or increases the danger of fire;
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(d) order
every occupier of a controlled substance property to vacate the property until
the "Do Not Occupy" notice posted under section 7.1 has been removed
by the Building Inspector or Fire Chief under this bylaw; and
(e) without
limiting paragraphs (a) to (d), exercise the powers of the Fire Commissioner
under section 25 of the Fire Services Act, and for these purposes that section
applies.
Removal of
"Do Not Occupy" Notice
7.7 When an
owner has complied with the requirements listed in section 4.11, the Building
Inspector or Fire Chief must remove the "Do Not Occupy" notice posted
under section 7.1.
Part 8 Fees
and Service Costs
Fees
8.1 The
following fees apply under this bylaw:
(a) each
time one or more inspectors enters on a parcel to carry out an inspection in
the exercise of the City's authority to regulate, prohibit or impose
requirements under this bylaw or another enactment, or to attend at the parcel
under sections 7.2, 7.3 or 7.4, the owner must pay the City the administration
and inspection fees stipulated in Schedule A;
(b) for a
special safety inspection, the owner or occupier must prior to inspection pay
the City the fee stipulated in Schedule A.
Service Costs
8.2 In
addition to the fees described in section 8.1, every owner whose parcel is used
as a controlled substance property must pay to the City all service costs
incurred by or on behalf of the City in respect of the parcel.
8.3 Despite
section 8.2, if any owner inspects and reports a contravention under section
5.1(b)(i) of this bylaw, service costs arising in respect of the contravention
are not payable in respect of that incident, unless the owner discovers the
contravention only after a peace officer attends the parcel and discovers the
contravention.
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Part 9
Default
9.1 If an
owner of a parcel fails to comply with a requirement of the City under this
bylaw or another enactment, the City, by its officers, employees or agents
within the time specified in an order or notice, may enter on the parcel and
take such action as may be required to correct the default, including to
remediate the parcel or bring it up to a standard specified in an enactment, at
the expense of the owner or occupier who has failed to comply, and may recover
the costs incurred as debt.
9.2 If the
owner or occupier has failed to pay the City's costs of acting in default under
section 9.1, or failed to pay any other fee imposed for work or services
provided to land or improvements, before the 31st day of December in the year
that the correction of the default was effected or the fee imposed, the costs
will be added to and form part of the taxable payable on the property as taxes
in arrears.
Part 10
Discontinuance of Service
10.1 The
City may discontinue providing water service to a parcel if the water is being
used for or in relation to a grow operation or clandestine drug lab on the
parcel.
10.2 The
City may discontinue electrical service to a parcel if an inspector determines
that the electrical system has been compromised, a complete inspection of the
electrical system has been denied or the owner or occupier has not responded to
notice of an electrical inspection.
10.3 The
City may discontinue natural gas service to a parcel if the heating system has
been altered or if natural gas is used for the production of electricity for a
grow operation or clandestine drug lab.
Part 11
Offence and Penalty
11.1 Every
person who contravenes any provision of this bylaw commits an offence
punishable upon summary conviction and is liable to a fine not exceeding
$10,000.00.
11.2 If an
offence is a continuing offence, each day that the offence is continued
constitutes a separate and distinct offence.
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Part 12
Repeal
12.1 Surrey
Community Improvement and Noxious or Offensive Trade By-law, 2005, No. 15144
and all amendments thereto, are hereby repealed.
READ A
FIRST TIME on 30th day of January, 2006
READ A
SECOND TIME on 30th day of January, 2006.
READ A
THIRD TIME on 30th day of January, 2006.
ADOPTED by
the Council on 13th day of February, 2006.
______________________________
Mayor
______________________________
City Clerk
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SCHEDULE A
Fees and Service Costs
Fees
1. Special safety inspection, including
initial property research, the posting of a notice of inspection and the
initial inspection
|
$3,920.00
|
2. After the initial inspection, each
additional inspection, per inspection
|
$643.00
|
3. For a subsequent inspection if the
owner or occupier has failed to undertake an action by the Fire Chief, the
Council or a person authorized under the bylaw to order the action
|
$643.00
|
4. Shutting off a water service
|
$117.00
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5. Re-connecting a water service
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$117.00
|
6. Re-inspecting and re-sealing a water
service after alteration or tampering
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$643.00
|
7. All applicable permit fees payable
under applicable City bylaws.
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Service Costs
The following service costs apply under
this bylaw:
1. Item (a) in the definition of
service costs – administration and overhead
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$343.00
|
2. Items (b) through (i) in the
definition of service costs
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Actual cost to
the City
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PLEASE NOTE!
All
fees are subject to applicable taxes.
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