CITY OF SURREYBYLAW & LICENSING

MAYOR & COUNCIL

CITY MANAGER

CITY SOLICITOR

MANAGER, BYLAW & LICENSING

Manager Bylaws Ed Warzel

Sr. Bylaw OfficerRick Bamford

Sr. Bylaw OfficerDave Hornung

12 Clerical Staff

Bylaw SupervisorTerry Sampietro

Bylaw SupervisorLeagh Gerllays

15 CommissionairesParking Enforcement

1 Secondary Suite Enforcement Officer

2 Commercial VehicleEnforcement Officers

1 Soil Deposition Enforcement Officer

23 General Duty Enforcement Officers

SPCA

6 Animal ControlOfficers

1 Massage Parlour Enforcement Officer

Hours of Operation

Bylaw officers work 4 days on and 3 days off

MONDAY - FRIDAY• Dayshift 08:00 – 17:30 • Evening Shift 12:00 – 21:30WEEKENDS• 08:00 – 17:30

• Signed on with RCMP and carry portable radios

• After hours urgent calls are directed to the RCMP

Areas of Responsibility

DISTRICTS

D1(Whalley) – 4 Officers

D2 (Guildford/Fleetwood/PortKells) – 3 Officers

D3 (Newton) – 4 Officers

D4 (Cloverdale) – 3 Officers

D5 (South Surrey) – 2 Officers

General Information

• Bylaw investigations are complaint based as well as self generated

• Compliance is the ultimate goal• Each bylaw officer has a specific zone

in the City and deal with most of the issues within that zone.

RCMP Involvement

• RCMP have authority to enforce most bylaws

• Urgent after hours calls are directed to the RCMP to determine priority

• RCMP may attend investigations with bylaw officer for a variety of reasons, including to ensure officer safety

Bylaw Investigations

In 2010, City of Surrey Bylaw Enforcement Officers recorded 10081 investigations; 9771 of those investigations have been resolved.

Investigative

Procedures• Complaint received• Inspection conducted by bylaw officer• Bylaw officer will determine bylaw infraction• Property owner spoken with to advise what must be

done to gain compliance• Deadline given after the property owner has been

notified of the problem• If compliance has not been gained after the deadline

has lapsed, the City may proceed either with charges, fines or cost recovery (which forms a part of the property taxes of the property if the property owner does not pay) or involve other agencies.

ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS

CITY HALL – BYLAW DEPT.MON – FRI 08:00 – 20:00

SAT/SUN 08:00-19:00

Animals at large/Animal Infractions

Dog Bite Investigations

Dangerous Dog designations CALL INFO

SURREY SPCA

Contracted Out6706 152 St 604-597-5655

Care of Animals (in distress) Cruelty to Animal

Euthanasia Veterinarian Services

PARKING ENFORCEMENT

• Contract to the Commissionaires

• 15 Commissionaires

• 7 days/week

• (604) 591- 4352 messages picked up twice a

day during the week

• Blocked Driveway/Roadway – directed to RCMP

after hours

MOST COMMONBYLAWS

Unsightly Properties – including Graffiti Zoning Violations Secondary Suites Noise Abandoned Residences Soil Dumping Overweight Vehicles on Res. Properties Business Licenses Controlled Substance Bylaw Highway & Traffic Bylaw

Unsightly Properties

Defined as an accumulation of junk, discarded materials and garbage, dead landscaping, uncontrolled growth of landscaping, and deterioration of fences, buildings or other structures

Includes Graffiti

SECONDARY SUITES

On December 13, 2010, Council approved changes to the Zoning By-law to permit one secondary suite in each single family home in Surrey, under certain conditions. a limit of one secondary suite per property

• a prohibition on secondary suites on properties with a coach house

• a prohibition on secondary suites in semi-detached or duplex buildings

• a requirement to provide one additional off-street parking space.

• A Secondary Suite is defined as a second dwelling unit (self-contained living quarters including cooking equipment and a bathroom), located within the structure of an owner-occupied single family dwelling.

NOISE COMPLAINTS• The Noise Bylaw intent is to regulate

noise that disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort, or convenience of the neighbourhood

• RCMP will attend parties and construction ‘after hours’ (priority based)

• Construction Noise allowed 07:00-20:00• NOT ALLOWED ON SUNDAYS• Private Property Owners allowed on

Sunday if it is not for “Profit or Gain”

ABANDONED PROPERTIES• Insecure Residence, Bylaw Officer

will contact the owner to board up – if not the Fire Dept is contacted to board up at the owners expense (under the Fire Act)

• In extreme cases a Bylaw Officer can order to Demolish if owners are non-compliant

ABANDONED VEHICLES

One Bylaw Officers deals with all unlicensed vehicles on city roadway.

Authority given under Highway & Traffic Bylaw to tow vehicle as abandoned

Vehicle towed after 72 hours

UNITOW 13065 76 Ave

Soil DepositionIn order to ensure that placement of materials on sites does not affect neighboring properties or local storm water system operations and is in conformance with the Agricultural Land Reserve requirements, the City of Surrey requires soil permits for fill material to be placed on properties within the City

Soil Permits are required for deposition or removal of soil in excess of 15m3 (slightly less than 3 single {5 – 6m3} truck loads) or soil placed to a depth of 0.5m (whichever is less) on a given property. Under certain conditions a Notice of Intent letter from the City of Surrey may be approved for volumes between 15 and 100m3.

Permits require fees and bonding and permit must be posted on site. Exemptions: soil volumes associated to building

permitsConsiderations: ALR related Soil Permits

Overweight Vehicles in Residential Zone

An overweight vehicle is defined as any vehicle with a licensed gross vehicle weight exceeding 5000 kilograms.

Overweight vehicles are not permitted on any residential property in Surrey

Agricultural zoned properties have limited restrictions on OWV

Commercial Vehicle Enforcement

CVE By-law Enforcement Officers work with Provincial

Motor Vehicle inspectors and the RCMP Trailers must be hooked up to a vehicle with motive

power when parked on a city street Heavy Commercial Vehicle is any vehicle with a

licensed gross vehicle weight over 5000 Kilograms prohibits the parking from 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM on any street can only park temporarily in a residential area for the purpose of loading or unloading at any time of day

A Heavy Truck is any commercial vehicle with a licensed gross vehicle weight over 10,000 KGnot allowed in residential areas for the purpose of deliveries between 7:00 PM and 7:00 AMIf the delivery destination is off a truck route, arrival and departure from the destination must be the most direct route from the NEAREST truck route to your delivery point

TRUCK ROUTES

RECOVERY HOMES

• Defined as a building which contains sleeping units for persons receiving on-site care and support for recovery from alcohol or drug dependency which is regulated under the Community Care Facility Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c.60.

• Care Facilities and Alcohol & Drug Recovery Houses which accommodate no more than 10 persons where not more than 6 of whom are persons in care, may be located in any residential Zone

ROOMING HOUSE

Where boarders or lodgers are permitted, the following conditions shall apply:  

• Not more than 2 patrons shall be accommodated within 1 dwelling unit;

• No cooking facilities or other facilities for the keeping of food shall be provided for within the bedrooms intended for the said operation;

• Parking of cars, trucks, house trailers, campers or boats operated by the patrons shall be provided for within the lot; and

• Where more than 2 patrons are accommodated, a valid business license has been issued for the use.

Where the bed and breakfast use and boarders or lodgers are permitted the maximum number of patrons accommodated for both uses shall not exceed 6.  

The bed and breakfast use and boarders or lodgers are not permitted in a building containing a secondary suite.

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE BYLAW

Cost recovery in place to pay for resources on Grow Ops & Clandestine Labs (cooking drugs)EFSIT (Electrical Fire Safety Team)

Mitigate safety risks Inspectors determine if grow was/is on site Most Grow Ops have been dismantled upon re-

inspection Red notice posted on front door – no

occupancy until remediation Basic cleanup is approx. $5000

Health Enhancement Centersand Body Rub Parlours

Bylaw Dept with RCMP support have been working together in eradicating sexual activity in Commercial Businesses in the City.

Must have evidence of ‘engaging in misconduct’ in accordance with the Business or Premise to suspend/cancel Business License

License holder has the right to be heard and reconsidered by Council

FALSE ALARMS City to recoup money spent

on sending RCMP & Fire to false alarms

If fines are not paid they are added to taxes

$105 Fine ($80 if paid within 14 days)

AUTHORITIES

• Community Charter

•Sec 16 Authority to enter on or into property

•(2) The authority may be exercised by officers or

employees of the municipality or by other persons

authorized by the council

•(3) Authority to enter on property, and to enter

into property, without the consent of the owner or

occupier

• 4(a) reasonable times and in a reasonable

manner, and must take reasonable steps to advise

the owner or occupier before entering the property

List of all City Bylaws

QUESTIONS?