TRE CORPGRATION OF

BY-LAW HO, 2237

A By-law to provide for the licensing ond regulating of businesses.

The Municipal Council of che Corporation of the City of fort
Coquitlam, in open eeeting 32: esbled, enacts as follows:

1, To this By-law, unless the context othervisa requires:
(a) “Act” waans the “Municipal Act", being Chapter 255 of the Revieed

Statutes of British Columbia, 1960 and Amending Acta.

“Business” meana the cartying on of a comoerctal or industrial

undertaking of eny kind or nzcure or the providing of professional,

personal or other services for the purpose of gain or profit.

“Contcactor™ shall wean a Pereon who carries cn che buainess of

perforzing work upon an iaprovement or of placing or furnishing

materfals therefor, or both.

“Inprovemect” shalt include anything eade, constructed, erected,

buile, altered, kepatred, or added to, io, upon, or under jand, and

attached thereto, or intended to become part thereof, and alse any
clearing, excavating, digging, drilling, tunnelling, filling,
stading, or ditching of, in, upon, or under land.

“Inspector" or “License Ins: ctor” shall nean a person appointed

from Lime to time by by-law or resolution of the Council of the

Municipality as a License lospector for the City of Port Coquitlae,

"Municipality" shall wean the City of Port Coquitlas,

Subject to Section 441 of the Act:

Every person carrying on, aainctsining, owning or operating within
the Nunictpality any profession, business, tvade, occupation, calling,
undertaking, or thing, shell hold « subsisting license therefor froe the
Munteipality, and shall pay therefor the fee apecified {in Schedule “A” in
respect thereof, which fee shal} itn all cases be paid in advance. The vords
“person engaged io the professio., business, trade, occupation, calling,
undertaking or thing" or “persons engaged in the Profe: tion, business, trada,
occupation, cabling, undertaking or thing" when uued in eafd Schedule “a”
shall includes any person connected with che business in any magoner whatsoevar,
whether as en ovner, partner, employee, servant, or agent or in any other

capacity.

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{b) Every poreon who, cerrias on, salatains, oves cr operat. » within
the Municipality, aay profession, business, trade, occupation, calling, under-
taking or thing tz or from more then one branch, office, place, presise or
store, shail obtain a Separate Iicenes for each branch, office, place, presis.
or store,
3. Mo license is required vith Tespec? to appeals or solicitations for
cherity by church Organizations, religious deaominations or other bona fida
societies vhere auch eppeals are made solely and exclusively to aexbers of
such organizations or soctaties.
4. The License Inspector shel] have the power to grant, Jesue or traasfer
licenses as hereinafter provided and aubject to the provisions of Section 458 of
the Act.
5. Evary license tesued pursuant to the provisions of this by-law shail
State that the nase of the holder thereof ig Licensed to catry oo the prcfes-
afon, business, trade, occupation, calling, uodertsking cr thing stipulated
therefa, in a lavful manner for the peziod epecified at the place thereta
stated.

6 Every license issued under thia by-law chall be in the fore prescribed

by Schadule "C" of this By-law and shall be sade out io duplicate (one copy

shall be delivered te the parson licensed and the Inspector shall retata the
other copy) and such person shall post the saze and keep the sace posted in a
Conepicucus place on the Preaises or on the thing or article in tespect of
Which the license is ieaved, and in the caee where the holder thereof hae no
business preaises such Uicense shall be carried upon his person at all tises
when ke is angaged tn the business for which che license was issued in the
Municipaiiey, Any person failing to post up the License and keep sane posted
aa aforesaid or failing to carry sae upon hia persoa ee aforesaid shall be
guilty of en offence cnd liable for the penalty aa heretoafter providec,

7, No person shall can vases or aslicic bustotss on any street ta the
Huaicipality from carda or samples or in any ranner whatsoever for the sale of
goods, wares, or merchandire ox any article or thicg for f:ture delivery vith-
out having first obtained a License purmuant to the provietons of this By-lav.
8, The application for a licanse for the first tice shall be on aa
application form provided for thet purpose in the fora prescribed by Schedule
“B" and shall be Signed by the owner of the business or his duly suthorized
agent provided that in the case of partnerships of sultiple owners aay one of

such ounera of partocrs easy @pply and such owner or pactner spplying shall be