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BYLAW NO. 2646

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A Bylaw to regulate the maintenance of ¢
boulevards in the City of Port Coquitlam. FEB 24 1992
Mar - 2 1992

WHEREAS Section 579 of the Municipal Act provides that Council may
regulate the construction and maintenance of boulevards by or on behalf of the
owners of land fronting on them:

NOW THEREFORE, the Council of The Corporation of the City of Port
Coquitlam, 1 open meeting assembled, enacts as follows!

lL. In thie Bylaw:

“Boulevard” means the area of a highway between the edge of the pavement,
curb or the roadway and the boundary of land adjacent to the highway, but
excludes a sidewalk.

"Noxious weed" means any weed designated by regulation to be a noxious
week pursuant to the Weed Control Act.

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“Occupier” means a peraon who occupies land but exeludes the ccacupler of a
unit in an apartment, hotel or community care inatitution.

“Peaticide" meana any chemical compound that is used to aoutrol peets,
noxious weede, fungi, or ineecte,.

“Roadway” means a portion of a highway improved for use fer vehicular
travel.

The owner and occupier of real property shall maintain every boulevard
adjacent to the real property and in particular shall:

(a) remove all rubbish, discarded materials and hazardous objects from
the boulevard;

{(b) keep grassed areas trimmed and free of noxious weedg;

except that where the real property adjoins an arterial highway the owner
or occupier need not maintain the boulevard fronting the arterial highway.

No pergon shall:

(a} wilfully damage any boulevard or any tree, ahrub, plant, or hedge on
any boulevard;

(b) erect any sign, fence, wall or other structure on any boulevard,
except with written permigston of the Director of Parks and
Recreation or the City Engineer;