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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-05-17 Workshop Agenda and ReportsCorporation of the District of Maple Ridge COUNCIL WORKSHOP A GENDA May 17, 2004 9:00 a.m. Blaney Room, F' Floor, Municipal Hall The purpose of the Council Workshop is to review and discuss policies and other items of interest to Council. Although resolutions may be passed at this meeting, the intent is to make a consensus decision to send an item to Council for debate and vote or refer the item back to stafffor more information or clarification. REMINDERS May 17 Kick-Off to North American Occupational 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Safety and Health Week, Interfor Closed Council Following Council Workshop Committee of the Whole 1:00p.m. Special Council Meeting 3:00 p.m. May 18 Public Hearing 7:00 p.m. ADOPTION OF THE A GENDA MINUTES - May 10, 2004 DELEGATIONS UNFINISHED AND NEW BUSINESS 4.1 2004-2008 Maple Ridge Financial Plan Amending Bylaw No. 6238-2004 Discussion of the Financial Plan Amending Bylaw. (See Committee of the Whole agenda item 933) Council Workshop May 17, 2004 Page 2 of 3 CORRESPONDENCE 5.1 Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada-US Air Quality Agreement Letter dated April 30, 2004 from Terry Raymond, Chair, FVRD Board of Directors, requesting a letter of support for a resolution to have the Georgia BasinfPuget Sound Airshed included formally in an annex to the Canada-US Air Quality Agreement be sent to the Minister of Environment and the US EPA Administrator. Staffrecommendation: Send letter of support as requested. BRIEFING ON OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST/QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MA TTERS DEEMED EXPEDIENT ADJO URNMENT Checked by: Date: Council Workshop May 17, 2004 Page 3 of 3 Rules for Holding a Closed Meeting A part of a council meeting may be closed to the public if the subject matter being considered relates to one or more of the following: personal information about an identifiable individual who holds or is being considered for a position as an officer, employee or agent of the municipality or another position appointed by the municipality; personal information about an identifiable individual who is being considered for a municipal award or honour, or who has offered to provide a gift to the municipality on condition of anonymity; labour relations or employee negotiations; the security of property of the municipality; the acguisition disposition or expropriation of land or improvements, if the council considers that disclosure might reasonably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality; law enforcement, if the council considers that disclosure might reasonably be expected to harm the conduct of an investigation under or enforcement of an enactment; litigation or potential litigation affecting the municipality; an administrative tribunal hearing or potential administrative tribunal hearing affecting the municipality, other than a hearing to be conducted by the councilor a delegate of council the receiving of advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose; information that is prohibited or information that if it were presented in a document would be prohibited from disclosure under section 21 of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act; negotiations and related discussions respecting the proposed provision of a municipal service that are at their preliminary stages and that, in the view of the council, could reasohably be expected to harm the interests of the municipality if they were held in public; (1) discussions with municipal officers and employees respecting municipal objectives, measures and progress reports for the purposes of preparing an annual report under section 98 [annual municipal report] a matter that, under another enactment, is such that the public may be excluded from the meeting; the consideration of whether a council meeting should be closed under a provision of this subsection of subsection (2) the consideration of whether the authority under section 91 (other oersons M&C 1/ 6MTffOth Aclion: AND cou:o: // Fraser Vey Reonà Dstrct FVRD 45950 Cheam Avenue. Chilliwack. British Columbia \12P 1 N6 Phone: 604-702-5000 Toll Free: 1-800-528-0061 (BC only Fax: 604-792-9684 website: www.fvrd.hc.ca April 30, 2004 Letter to: Whatcorn County Council - Chair Dan McShane GVRD Chair, Marvin Hunt Village of An more - Mayor Hal Weinberg Village of Belcarra - Mayor Ralph Drew Bowen Island Municipality - Mayor Lisa Barrett City of Burnaby - Mayor Derek Corrigan City of Coquitlam - Mayor Jon Kingsbury Corporation of Delta - Mayor Lois Jackson City of Langley - Mayor Marlene Grinnell Township of Langley - Mayor Kurt Alberts Village of Lions Bay - Mayor Douglas Miller District of Maple Ridge - Mayor Kathy Morse City of Abbotsford - Mayor Mary Reeves City of Chilliwack - Mayor Clint Hames Village of Harrison Hot Springs - Mayor John Allen 9050-20-058 City of New Westminster - Mayor Wayne Wright City of North Vancouver - Mayor Barbara Sharp District of North Vancouver - Mayor Don Bell District of Pitt Meadows - Mayor Don MacLean City of Port Coquitlam - Mayor Scott Young City of Port Moody - Mayor Joe Trasolini City of Richmond - Mayor Malcolm Brodie City of Surrey - Mayor Doug McCallum City of Vancouver - Mayor Larry Campbell District of West Vancouver - MayorRon Wood City of White Rock - Mayor Judy Forster District of Mission - Mayor Abe Neufelc District of Kent - Mayor Sylvia Pranger District of Hope - Mayor Gordon Poole Dear Chairpersons and Mayors: For the past 3 years, representatives from the FVRD, GVRD, Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Environment Canada, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington Dept. of Ecology, Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, Northwest Air Pollution Agency, and First Nations and Tribes have been meeting in an effort to develop an air quality strategy for the Georgia Basin/Puget Sound (GB/PS) airshed. This area includes the coastal region roughly from Campbell River and Whistler in the north to Olympia, Washington in the south, including the shared Strait of Juan de Fuca. The Lower Fraser Valley airshed is included in this area. In part, the above work has included a project to characterize the GB/PS airshed, thereby determining, to the greatest degree possible with existing tools, the need for such a strategy. The results show that there is significant transboundary transport of air pollutants from Puget Sound into the Georgia Basin (including the Fraser Valley) and vice versa. While there appear to be some similar as well as unique sources of air pollution in these areas, the human health impact research conducted to date, such as the recent BC Lung Association Health and Air quality study, has yet to identify Pagelof3,5_. / I LI ambient air quality levels for particulate matter and ozone, the air pollutants of most concern, that are considered to be safe. In a March, 2003 letter to Governor Gary Locke of Washington State and BC Premier Gordon Campbell, the Canadian and US Section Chairs of the International Joint Commission supported a joint concern by the IJC's International Air Quality Advisory Board and its Health Professionals Task Force regarding the lack of a binationa!, coordinated process for projects that potentially have transboundary impacts. They went on to support the GB/PS International Airshed Strategy development process. In 199 I, the Canada-US Air Quality Agreement was signed by the federal Minister of Environment and the Administrator of the US Environmental Protection Agency. Then in December, 2000 an Ozone Annex was added to this Agreement. The Annex spells out commitments by the US and Canada for the reduction of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds (precursors to the formation of ozone in the air) in 18 northeast states, the District of Columbia and southern Ontario and Quebec. It also specifies, in part, that this Annex is to be reviewed in mid-2004 to determine whether or not southern British Columbia and the US Pacific Northwest (i.e. the Georgia Basin/Puget Sound airshed) should be added as a western component. Another option is for a separate annex under the Agreement to be developed which focuses on the GB/PS airshed. If this area is recognized in an annex to the Canada-US Air Quality Agreement, specific actions by both countries would be identified and, as was the case for the Ozone Annex, resources would be made available for their completion. Implementation of anything less, such as formal agreement by the above agencies, would be limited to the extent that the authority to develop and implement international management plans, which is the prerogative of the federal governments, would be lacking. As well, implementation and operation of such an agreement would have to rely on resources provided by member agencies, who may have other competing priorities. The FVRD has taken the position that recognition under the Canada/US Air Quality Agreement, through the Annex process, is the best way to ensure that the technical and administrative issues identified in the past three years are considered and resolved. A window of opportunity for promoting this option will open in June, 2004 when the Canada/US International Air Quality Committee, established by the above Agreement, meets to review the 2000 Ozone Annex. This is also the target date and venue for presenting the agreed-upon GB/PS International Airshed Strategy in draft form. However, no dcision has yet been made by the participating agency group on whether or not to recommend that the Strategy be enshrined in a new or existing Annex. On March 2, 2004 and March 23, 2004, the FVRD Air Quality Committee and Board of Directors, respectively, adopted the following motion. [Q 2004-27] THAT the Air Quality Committee confirm its preference that the Georgia Basin/Puget Sound International Airshed Strategy result in a ne or existing Annex to the Canada/US Air Quality Agreement; THAT staff promote this option at the 2004 03 04 meeting of the strategy co-ordinating committee; AND FURTHER THAT member municipalities and the Greater Vancouver Regional - - Page 2 of 3 Regarding the last part of this resolution, we request that your Council/Board support the Regional District in its efforts to have the Georgia Basin/Puget Sound Airshed included formally in an annex to the Canada-US Air Quality Agreement. Should Council be so inclined, please advise Canada's Minister of Environment, the Hon. David Anderson and the US EPA Administrator, Mr. Mike Leavitt of your decision to support this resolution (see addresses below). Yours truly \ Terry Raymond, Chair FVRD Board of Directors Addresses In Canada: Hon. David Anderson Minister of the Environment Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIA 0H3 In the US: Mr. Michael 0. Leavitt Administrator Environmental Protection Agency Ariel Rios Building 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20460 United States of America Page 3 of 3 I CITY OF CHILLIWACK OFFICE OF THE MAYOR February 23, 2004 Lower Mainland Municipal Associatton 141 West 14th Street North Vancouver, B.C. V7M 1H9 Attention: Terry Smith, First Vice President Dear Terry: Re: Marijuana Grow Operations Like most local governments in the Lower Mainland, the City of Chilliwack has experienced an increase in the number of illegal grow operation discoveries made by our RCMP Detachment. In an attempt to control this problem, the City of Chilliwack engaged the services of our solicitors to assist staff to develop a bylaw to combat the illegal grow operation problem. The resulting bylaw (copy attached) received introduction and first reading on February 2, 2004 and is currently under review by a number of interest groups to whom it was forwarded. The bylaw has been designed to focus on the health, safety and nuisance effects that are the byproduct of grow operations and amphetamine manufacturing labs. It requires property owners to regularly inspect their rental premises and report any bylaw infractions to the City of Chilliwack within 24 hours. It also prohibits a number of the activities associated with grow operations, including the modification of structures, the redirection of ventilation, bypassing electrical services and the use of pesticides andlor fertilizers inside a residential dwelling unit. We believe that this bylaw will be effective in assisting the Chilliwack RCMP to combat the illegal grow operation problem and, more importantly, we believe that the bylaw will be enforceabk in a court of law, due to the fact that it does not infringe on the authority of any senior level of government. It is our intention that the RCMP will enforce this bylaw at the same time as they deal with reports of illegal grow operations by imposing fines of up to $10,000 against the grow operators and, in some cases, the property owners. We appreciate the Lower Mainland Municipal Association focusing their attention on this very important matter and look forward to working cooperatively with other local governments towards a resolution. Yours tru Clint I-lames, Mayor CH/kdg Enclosure 8550 Young Road, Chilliwack, British Co'umbia V2P 8A4 Phone: (604) 792-9311 Fax: (604) 792-2561 City of Chilliwack Bylaw No. 2991 A bylaw to Regulate, Prohibit or Impose Requirements Respecting Nuisances, Noxious or Offensive Trades, and Health and Safety Risks The Council of the City of Chilliwack in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows: This bylaw may be cited as "Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2004, No. 2991". INTERPRETATION In this bylaw: "Amphetamines" include dextroamphetamines and methamphetamines; "Alterations" means any changes made to the structural, mechanical or electrical components of Residential Premises for the purposes of a Grow Operation; "Building" means any Structure or construction for any use or occupancy; "Fire Chief" means the person who is appointed to be head of Chilliwack Fire and Rescue Services; "Grow Operation" means the cultivation of marijuana plants in Residential Premises or the production of Amphetamines in Residential Premises; "Inspector" means: the Fire Chief, and every person appointed by Council or the Fire Chief, as applicable, to be an officer or employee of Chilliwack Fire and Rescue Services; the Chief Building Inspector for the City, and every Building Inspector, appointed by the City to inspect Buildings or Structures in respect of Building, plumbing, gas or electrical standards; a peace officer, including a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; the Director of Municipal Development; the Director of Engineering and Operations; the Deputy of a person, officer or employee referred in paragraphs (a) to (e); other persons designated by Counôil by name of office or otherwise to act in the place of the persons, officers or employees referred to in paragraphs (a) to (f). "Director" means the Deputy Director of Municipal Development; 4 • "Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2004, No. 2991" - Page 2 "Owner" includes the registered owner of Residential Premises and the lessee of Residential Premises; "Pesticides" 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, other substances used to control pests, plant regulators, defoliants or desiccants; "Professional Cleaner" means an individual or corporation that is experienced and qualified in removing contaminants from Residential Premises and is licensed to caiy on business in the City; "Residential Premises" means any Building or part of a Building which may lawfully be occupied as a dwelling unit by one or more persons; "Structure" means an erection, repair, alteration, addition, demolition, excavation or other construction which supports a use or occupancy; and, "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 Residential Premises. BUILDING AND SAFETY STANDARDS No person may disconnect from an electrical or water distribution system a meter installed for the purpose of ascertaining consumption of electricity or water if the disconnection is for the purpose of preventing the electrical or water supplier from ascertaining consumption beyond the location Of the meter. No person may divert or install exhaust vents of hot water tanks or furnaces to exhaust into or within the Building instead of by way of an exhaust vent constructed or installed in compliance with applicable enactments. TOXIC CHEMICALS No person may apply or otherwise use Pesticides in a Building or other Structure, other than in a greenhouse permitted under the City's Zoning Bylaw, in force from time to time. No person may apply or otherwise use fertilizers in a Building or other Structure, other than in a greenhouse permitted under the City's Zoning Bylaw, in force from time to time. HEALTH No person may cause or allow a Building to become subject to the growth on any portion of the Building of mould or fungus arising from or in relation to the cultivation of marijuana plants or the production of Amphetamines in the Building. "Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2004, No. 2991" - Page 3 4 NUISANCE 8. No person may cause or pemlit water, rubbish or noxious, offensive, unsightly or unwholesome matter to collect or accumulate in, on, under or around a parcel. NOXIOUS OR OFFENSIVE TRADE 9. No person may cause orpermit a noxious or offensive trade in Residential Premises, including the production, storage, transfer or disposal of substances that emit offensive odours, fumes or particulate matter, including the substances of marijuana, hashish or Amphetamines. FIRE PROTECTION 10. The Fire Chief may: (I) enter on real property 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; take measures to prevent and suppress fires, including the demolition of Buildings and other Structures to prevent the spreading of fires; exercise some or all of the powers of the Fire Commissioner under Section 25 of the Fire Services Act, and for these purposes that section applies. 11. Every Owner or occupier of real property must undertake any action directed by the Fire Chief or other person authorized by Council to act in the place of the Fire Chief for the purpose of removing or reducing any thing or condition that the Fire Chief or the other authorized person considers is a fire hazard or increases the danger of fire. RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES 12. Every Owner of a Residential Premises that is subject to a Tenancy Agreement who has knowledge of a contravention of this Bylaw, in relation to the Residential Premises, must within 24 hours of the discovery of the contravention, deliver written notice to the City of the particulars of the contravention, and subject to the Residential Tenancy Act, within two months of the delivery of the notice, take such action as may be necessary to bring the Residential Premises into compliance with this Bylaw. REMEDIATION REQUIREMENTS 13. If Residential Premises have been used for a Grow Operation, the Owner of the subject to the Residential Tenancy Act: "Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2004, No. 2991" - Page 4 REMEDIATION REQUIREMENTS (continued) either remove and dispose of all carpets and curtains in the Residential Premises, or have all carpets and curtains in the Residential Premises cleaned by a Professional Cleaner; if the Residential Premises are heated by forced air heating, have all air ducts cleaned by a Professional Cleaner or by a duct cleaning company; and have all walls and ceilings in the Residential Premises cleaned and disinfected by a Professional Cleaner; and the City may deliver to the Owner and occupier of the Residential Premises a letter in the form of Schedule "D" attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw. INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT After a Professional Cleaner has been engaged by the Owner and has completed the requirements of Section 13, an individual or corporation certified by the Canadian Registration Board of Occupational Hygienists or the American Board of Industrial Hygiene must inspect the Residential Premises and provide written certification in the form of Schedule "C", attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw, to the Director that the requirements of Section 13 have been satisfied and that the Residential Premises are free of any Pesticides or fertilizers and any toxic chemicals, moulds or fungi. OCCUPANCY After a Grow Operation has been removed from Residential Premises and until the remedial measures prescribed by Section 13 of this Bylaw have been completed and written certification has been provided to the Director as required by Section 14, the esidential Premises must not be occupied by any person. Before Residential Premises are re-occupied after removal of a Grow Operation, the Owner must notify the prospectiveoccupants in writing that a Grow Operation has been removed and that the requirements of this Bylaw have been met. ALTERATIONS If there has been an Alteration to the Residential Premises, the Residential Premises must not be re-occupied after the removal of a Grow Operation until: a Building permit has been obtained for any existing Alteration and proposed Alteration work which requires a permit under the City's Building Regulation Bylaw, in force from time to time; the Residential Premises comply with the health and safety requirements of the British Columbia Building Code, the B.C. Electrical Code, this Bylaw and all other health and safety requirements established by law; and (4 "Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2004, No. 2991" - Page 5 ALTERATIONS (continued) (3) the Director has confirmed that a satisfactory occupancy inspection of the Residential Premises by the City's Building Department has been completed. FEE 18. The following fees apply under this Bylaw: each time an inspector enters Residential Premises to carry out an inspection in the exercise of authority by the City to regulate, prohibit or impose requirements under this Bylaw or another enactment, the Owner must pay the City the administration and inspection fee stipulated in Schedule "A", attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw; an administration and inspection fee stipulated in Schedule "A", attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw, must be paid to the City before confirmation is provided under SectiOn 17(3). NOTICES AND INSPECTIONS 19. An Inspector may enter on real property at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, subject to taking reasonable steps to advise the Owner or occupier before entering the property, for the following purposes: to inspect and determine whether all regulations, prohibitions and 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; to take action authorized under Sections 24 and 25 of this Bylaw; to inspect or to disconnect or remove a water service under Sections 3 or 26 of this Bylaw. 20. The Director or a person acting under the direction of the Director may post a notice in the form of Schedule "B", attached hereto and forming part of this Bylaw, on any Residential Premises which have been used for a Grow Operation, advising of the regulations in this Bylaw. 21. No person may interfere with an inspection or proposed inspection under Section 19 of this Bylaw and no person shall remove or deface any notice posted under Section 20 of this Bylaw. "Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2004, No. 2991" - Page 6 OFFENCE AND PENALTY 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. If an offence is a continuing offence, each day that the offence is continued constitutes a separate. and distinct offence. DEFAULT If an Owner or occupier of real property fails to comply with a requirement of the City under this Bylaw or another enactment, the City, within the time specified in the order or notice may enter the real property and take such action as may be required to correct the default, including to remediate the real property 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. If the Owner or occupier has failed to pay the City's costs of acting in default under Section 24 before the 31St day of December in the year that the correction of the default was effected, the costs must be added to and form part of the taxable payable on the property as taxes in arrears. DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE The City may discontinue providing water service to real property if the water is being used for or in relation to the cultivation of marijuana plants or the production of Amphetamines on the real property, subject to the requirements that the City must give the Owner and occupier of the real property 7 days' written notice of an opportunity to make representations to Council with respect to the proposed discontinuance of the water service, and after the persons affected have had an opportunity to make representations to Council, the City must give the Owner and occupier 7 days' written notice of any proposed discontinuance of the water service. "Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2004, No. 2991" - Page 7 SEVERABILITY 27. If any provision of this Bylaw is held to be invalid, it shall be severed and the remainder of the Bylaw shall remain in effect. Received first reading on the 2 nd day of February, 2004. Received second reading on the Received third reading on the Finally passed and adopted on the Mayor V Clerk "Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2004, No. 2991" - Schedule' "A" SCHEDULE "A" FEES The following fees apply under this Bylaw: each time the City enters Residential Premises to inspect in the exercise of the City's authority to regulate, prohibit or impose requirements under this Bylaw or another enactment, the Owner must pay the City an administration and inspection fee of 5500,00; and an administration and inspection fee of $500 must be paid to the City before confirmation is provided under Section 17(3). 11, "Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2004, No. 2991" - Schedule "B" SCHEDULE "B" NOTICE TAKE NOTICE THAT these Residential Premises have been used as a marijuana grow operation [or an amphetamine production operation]. Pursuant to City of Chilliwack "Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2004, No 2991", in force from time to time, no person may occupy these premises until cleaning and remediation have been completed in accordance with that Bylaw and the Director of Building Permits and Inspections has confirmed that a satisfactory occupancy inspection has been completed. It is an offence to remove or deface this notice. Any inquiries should be directed to the Director. Director of Development City of Chilliwack "Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2004, No. 2991" - Schedule "C" SCHEDULE "C" CERTIFICATION FORM TO: The City of Chilliwack FROM: [insert name of professional inspector] RE: Residential Premises located at [insert address] This is to certify that in accordance with Section 14 of "Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2004, No 2991" the professional identified in this certification: meets the requirements for a professional inspector under Section of the Bylaw; and has completed an inspection of the Residential Premises on and the Residential Premises are free of any Pesticides, fertilizers and toxic chemicals, moulds or fungi. The undersigned professional may be contacted at: [insert business telephone number]. CERTIFIED AS OF insert date] [insert name of professional inspector] - Authorized Representative "Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2004, No. 2991"— Schedule "D" SCHEDULE "1)" LETTER TO PROPERTY OWNER Re: "Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2004, No 2991" This letter is to notify you that the City of Chilliwack's "Grow Operation, Health, Nuisance and Safety Bylaw 2004, No 2991", in force from time to time, establishes regulations concerning the cleaning and remediation of Residential Premises that have been used for marijuana grow operations or amphetamine production. The City has been advised by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police that the Residential Premises at [insert address] were in use as a marijuana grow operation [or amphetamine production operation] which has been removed by the police. The Bylaw requires that within 14 days, all carpets and curtains in the premises must be removed or cleaned, any forced air heating ducts in the premises must be cleaned, and all walls and ceilings must be cleaned and disinfected. That work must be carried out by a Professional Cleaner with experience in removing contaminants from Residential Premises. The Professional Cleaner must hold a licence to carry on business in the City of Chilliwack. After the cleaning is completed, a qualified professional must certify that the premises are free from Pesticides, fertilizer, toxic moulds, chemicals and fungus. Until the cleaning and certification have been completed, Section 15 of the Bylaw prohibits occupancy by any person. Before occupancy, you are required to notify prospective occupants that the requirements of the Bylaw have been satisfied. We enclose a copy of the Bylaw for your reference. If you have any questions concerning the regulations in the Bylaw, please call the City's Building Department at 604-793-2905.