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BYLAW NO. 2646

A Bylaw to regulate the maintenance: of
boulevards in the City of Port Coquitlam,

WHEREAS Section 579 of the Minlcipal Act provides that Council may
regulate the construction and maintenance of boulevards by or on behalf of the
ownera of land fronting on them;

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

1. In this Bylaw:

“Boulevard” meana 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,

“Occupier” means a person who occupies land but excludes the occupler of a
unit in an apartment, hotel or community care institution.

“Pesticide” means any chemical compound that is uaed to. control peste,
noxious weeds, fungi, or insecta.

"Roadway" means a portion of a highway improved for use for vehicular
travel.

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

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

(>) keep grassed areas trimmed and free of noxious weeda;

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

No person shall:

(a) wilfully damage any boulevard or any tree, shrub, plant, or hedge on
any boulevard;

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

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