Secondary Suites Permit Bylaw No. 601, 2005
The Town's consolidated bylaw regulating the permit requirements and issuance criteria for secondary suites.
TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL
BYLAW NO. 601
Amended by Bylaw No. 958
A BYLAW TO IMPOSE AN ANNUAL PERMIT REQUIREMENT IN RESPECT OF SECONDARY SUITES
The Council of the Town of View Royal, in open meeting assembled, enacts as follows:
1. CITATION
1.1 This Bylaw may be cited as “Secondary Suites Permit Bylaw No. 601, 2005”.
2. INTERPRETATION
2.1 In this bylaw, a Type 1 Permit is a permit issued for a secondary suite that complies with the B.C. Building Code, and a Type 2 Permit is a permit issued before September 1, 2007 for a secondary suite that does not comply with the B.C. Building Code.
3. PERMIT APPLICATIONS
3.1 Every person wishing to obtain a permit for a secondary suite must do so by making an application in the prescribed form to the Clerk, providing a statutory declaration as to the owner-occupancy of the suite in the prescribed form, and paying the fee set out in Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 958. (Bylaw No. 958, 2016)
4. ISSUANCE OF PERMITS
4.1 The Clerk shall issue a Type 1 permit in the prescribed form in the case of suites that comply with the requirements of Land Use Bylaw No. 35, 1990 and the B.C. Building Code, on being satisfied that the suite so complies.
4.2 The Clerk shall issue a Type 2 permit in the prescribed form in the case of suites that comply with the requirements of Land Use Bylaw No. 35, 1990 and do not comply with the B.C. Building Code, but no such permit shall be issued after September 1, 2007.
4.3 The term of each permit shall commence on January 1 and end on the following December 31.
5. RENEWAL OF PERMITS
5.1 A secondary suite permit must be renewed annually before March 1, and each renewal application must be accompanied by a statutory declaration as to owner-occupancy and the renewal fee set out in Fees and Charges Bylaw No. 958. If a permit lapses as a result of the permit holder failing to renew by March 1, a new application and permit fee are required. (Bylaw No. 958, 2016)
5.2 For certainty, a Type 2 permit issued before September 1, 2007 may be renewed indefinitely.
6. POSTING OF PERMITS
6.1 Every secondary suite permit holder must post a copy of the permit at a conspicuous location in the suite.
7. FORMS
7.1 The Clerk may prescribe the form of permits, permit applications and statutory declarations for the purposes of this Bylaw.
8. INSPECTIONS
8.1 The Building Inspector may inspect secondary suites for compliance with the B.C. Building Code.
9. PENALTY
9.1 Any person who contravenes any provision of this bylaw commits an offence punishable on summary conviction and shall be liable to a fine of not more than $1,000.00 for a first offence and for each subsequent offence to a fine of not more than $2,000.00 A separate offence is deemed to be committed on each day during which the contravention occurs or continues.
10. SEVERABILITY AND HEADINGS
10.1 Any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Bylaw, which is for any reason held to be invalid by the decision of any Court of competent jurisdiction, may be severed from the balance of this Bylaw without affecting the validity of the remaining portions of this Bylaw.
10.2 Section headings do not form part of this Bylaw. They are included for convenience only and must not be used in interpreting this Bylaw
11. COMING INTO FORCE
11.1 This Bylaw will come into force and effect on January 1, 2007.
12. ADOPTION
READ A FIRST TIME THIS 21st DAY OF JUNE, 2005.
READ A SECOND TIME THIS 21st DAY OF JUNE, 2005.
READ A THIRD TIME THIS 17th DAY OF OCTOBER, 2006.
ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CLERK AND SEALED WITH THE SEAL OF THE TOWN OF VIEW ROYAL THIS 7th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2006.
MAYOR
CLERK
SCHEDULE A
Deleted by Bylaw No. 958, 2016
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