A Bylaw to Prohibit the Deposit of Contaminated Soil
and Other Material on Land in the City.

The Municipal Council of The Corporation of the City of Port Coquitlam, in open meeting
assembled, enacts as follows:

1. This Bylaw may be cited yor all purposes as "Contaminated Soil Deposit Prohibition
Bylaw, 1993, No. 2825”.

DEFINITIONS

In this Bylaw:

"City Engineer" means the City Engineer and the Deputy City Engineer appointed by
Council.

"Contamimated Soil” means soil or other material which:

(a) contains any of the contaminants listed in Schedule "A" to this bylaw in an amount
greater than that set out in Schedule "A" for the contaminant; or

(b) creates a risk to the health of persons or animals.

“Deposit” includes the placement of soil or other material from one parcel of land on
another parcel, anci the relocation of soil or other material from part of a parcle to another
part of the same parcel.

"Recyclable sand” means sand which is contaminated by nickel, molybdenum, chromium or
copper in an amount greater than that set out in Schedule "A" and which is stored for use as
a component in an industrial or manufacturing process.

"Soil" includes earth, sand, gravel, rock and other substances of which land is composed.

APPLICATION
3. This bylaw applies to all land within the City of Port Coquitlam.

PROHIBITIONS
4. No person shall cause or permit the deposit of contaminated soil on any land.
5. No persen shall cause or permit the deposit of commercial, industrial or household waste or

construction, building or demolition waster including but not limited to bricks, masonry,
concrete, asphalt or other rubble, plaster, paint, gypsum board, glass, tile or similar

construction debris, on any land.
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