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DISTRICT OF PORT HARDY BYLAW NO. 16-2005 A BYLAW TO REGULATE THE AFFIXING AND DISPLAYING OF NUMBERS FOR BUILDINGS WHEREAS Section 8 of the Community Charter provides that Council may by bylaw impose requirements in relation to buildings and other structures; AND WHEREAS Council deems it necessary to provide a visible house number for buildings within the District of Port Hardy for emergency response purposes; NOW THEREFORE the Council of the District of Port Hardy in open meeting assembled enacts as follows: 1. TITLE This bylaw may be cited as the “District of Port Hardy Building Numbering Bylaw No. 16-2005”. 2. DEFINITIONS BUILDING means a structure that is used or intended to be used for supporting or sheltering persons or animals or property. CLERK means the person duly appointed by Council to act as Clerk and any person authorized to act on his behalf. COUNCIL means the Council of the District of Port Hardy. HIGHWAY means a street, road, lane, common road in a bare land strata lot development and any other way open to the use of the public, but does not include a private right-of-way on private property. NUMBER means that number specifically assigned to a particular building by the Clerk. PERSON means any corporation, partnership or party and the heirs, executors, administrators, or other legal representatives of such person to whom the context could apply according to law. PRINCIPAL BUILDING means a building that contains the chief or main use on a lot. 3. SCOPE This bylaw applies to all land and buildings within the District of Port Hardy. 4. APPLICATION (a) Every person owning or occupying a principal building in the District of Port Hardy shall, within 30 days of receipt of notification from the Clerk, affix and keep affixed the number assigned to that building in a secure position within thirty (30) feet of where the driveway access to the parcel intersects the District of Port Hardy Bylaw 16-2005 Building Numbering highway from which it gains access and in a position clearly visible from the highway. 5. (b) The number shall be not less than four inches (4”) in height placed on a contrasting background. (c) No owner or occupant of a building or parcel which has been assigned a number shall display or cause to be displayed, any other number than the number assigned. CONTRAVENTION AND PENALTIES (a) Every person who violates any of the provisions of this bylaw, or who suffers or permits any act or thing to be done in contravention of this bylaw or who neglects or refrains from doing anything required to be done by any of the provisions of this bylaw shall be deemed to be guilty of an infraction hereof and shall be liable to the penalties imposed. Every continuing infraction shall be deemed to be a new and separate offence for each day during which the same shall continue. (b) 6. Any person found guilty of an infraction of any of the provisions of this bylaw shall, upon summary conviction, be liable to a minimum fine of One Hundred Dollars ($100), which shall be recoverable and enforceable upon summary conviction in the manner provided by the Offence Act. SEVERABILITY If a court of competent jurisdiction declares any portion of this bylaw invalid, then the invalid portion must be severed and the remainder of the bylaw is deemed valid. READ A FIRST TIME ON THE 28TH DAY OF JUNE, 2005. READ A SECOND TIME ON THE 28TH DAY OF JUNE, 2005. READ A THIRD TIME ON THE 28TH DAY OF JUNE, 2005. ADOPTED ON THE 12th DAY OF JULY, 2005. Original signed by: _______________________ DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE SERVICES ______________________________ MAYOR