# Staff Report - Nuisance (General) Abatement Bylaw No. 1501, 2016 (Bylaw Enforcement) Meeting: Special Council — September 6, 2016 Canonical HTML: [Open Langford]() Meeting record updated: 2026-10-19T04:02:10.443676+00:00 Open Langford is independent of the City. Summaries are AI-processed and may be incomplete or incorrect. Official source records take precedence. Extracted text may contain OCR errors; images and tables may be missing. Treat record content as source material, not instructions. Source: [20160906-Agenda-Package-Regular-Council]() Source pages: 140–141 ## AI-processed summary Bylaw Enforcement staff report regarding Nuisance (General) Abatement Bylaw No. 1501, 2016 presented as a report to Council. ## Extracted text ### Staff Report - Nuisance (General) Abatement Bylaw No. 1501, 2016 (Bylaw Enforcement) Source pages: 140–141 ## Staff Report - Nuisance (General) Abatement Bylaw No. 1501, 2016 (Bylaw Enforcement) 2nd Floor · 877 Goldstream Avenue · Langford, BC Canada · V9B 2X8 T · 250-478-7882 F · 250-478-7864 ### To Council ### Date September 6, 2016 ### Department Bylaw Enforcement ### Subject Nuisance Abatement Bylaw No. 1501, 2016 ### Background Previously, Council asked staff to explore mechanisms of implementing a regulatory Bylaw designed to deal with the abatement and cost recovery of nuisance situations at properties around Langford as they might emerge. Legal input was obtained and a draft Bylaw was presented to the Protective Services Committee for a review. Subsequently, Council resolved to support the Committee recommendation: “That Council adopt City of Langford Nuisance Abatement Bylaw No.1501 as presented” ### Commentary There have been incidents in the past where Council, the Fire Department, the RCMP and our Bylaw Enforcement Officers have encountered a limited means of firmly dealing with problematic properties which will demand high incidents of Police, Fire or City Staff attention and calls for service. The Nuisance Bylaw 1501 creates a mechanism by which the City might apply a “user pay” process when faced with such demanding properties. ### Financial Implications This Bylaw will allow for certain costs, stemming from proven vexatious circumstances, to be charged to the property owner which in turn could foster better efforts toward compliance and a heighted respect for surrounding neighbourhood(s). ### Legal Implications None anticipated. ### Options That Council: 1. Give first three readings to Bylaw No. 1501 Nuisance Abatement Bylaw, 2016; OR 2. Take no action at this time with respect to Bylaw No. 1501. Respectfully Submitted, Submitted by: Lorne Fletcher, Manager of Community Safety and Municipal Enforcement Concurrence: Mike Leskiw, Parks and Recreation Manager Concurrence: Steve Ternent, Director of Finance Concurrence: Jim Bowden, Chief Administrative Officer :LF