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269. There shall be a Chief Licence Inspector who, in addition to the powers and duties provided by this Act, shall have such powers and duties as the Council may assign to the Chief Licence Inspector from time to time.
1953-55-269; 1968-71-14; 2022-15-75,Sch 3.
270. The Chief Licence Inspector shall have power to make or cause all necessary inspections to be made to ascertain whether the provisions of any Statute, regulation, or by-law assigning powers or duties to the Chief Licence Inspector or the Chief Licence Inspector's staff are being carried out in the city.
1953-55-270; 2022-15-75,Sch 3; 2022-15-76,Sch 4.
271. It shall be the duty of the owner and occupier of any real property in the city to give to the Chief Licence Inspector, and to any member of the Chief Licence Inspector's staff authorized by the Chief Licence Inspector for the purpose, such access at any reasonable hour to such real property and every part thereof, and such information with respect thereto, as may be reasonably required to enable necessary inspection to be made.
1953-55-271; 2022-15-75,Sch 3; 2022-15-76,Sch 4.
272. (1) The Council may from time to time make by-laws
(a) for providing for the licensing of any person carrying on any business, trade, profession, or other occupation;
(b) for establishing and imposing the fee for the granting of any permit or of any licence, which may be in the nature of a tax for the privilege conferred by it;
(c) for providing for enforcing payment of any licence fee, and for prohibiting any person from carrying on any business, trade, profession, or other occupation without first being licensed therefor;
(d) for regulating persons who sell or deliver fuel, or offer the same for sale or delivery, and for regulating the dimensions and capacity of the boxes or containers on vehicles in which fuel is delivered and for requiring that the capacity of each such box or container shall be plainly marked thereon, and for requiring such persons to furnish a statement with each delivery of fuel showing its price and description and such other information as the by-law may direct, and for providing for the seizure and forfeiture of fuel offered or intended for sale which does not comply with any provision of the by-law, and for regulating the delivery of fuel during certain hours and in certain areas as designated in the by-law, and for establishing and maintaining public weigh-scales;
(e) for licensing every person using upon any street any vehicle for the purpose of any business, trade, profession, or other occupation, and for classifying such vehicles;
(f) for regulating every person required to be licensed under this Part, except to the extent that the person is subject to regulation by some other Statute;
(g) for fixing the weights of loaves or packages of bread sold or offered for sale, and for prohibiting the sale of such loaves or packages having weights other than those so fixed, and for requiring that all bread offered for sale shall bear a label showing the name and address of its manufacturer and the weight thereof, and for requiring that all bread offered for sale shall be wrapped in such manner as is prescribed in the by-law, and for regulating the manner of handling and delivering bread in and from bakeries, stores, and vehicles, and for authorizing the seizure and forfeiture of bread which does not comply with any provision of the by-law;
(h) for licensing every person who owns, possesses, or harbours any dog;
(i) for regulating the transfer of a licence from a person holding a licence to some other person, and, where permission is given, for prescribing the terms thereof;
(j) for revoking or suspending any licence;
(k) for delegating to the Chief Licence Inspector, where deemed proper, the power to grant a licence in cases where the Inspector is satisfied that the applicant therefor has complied with the requirements of the relevant by-laws;
(l) for fixing times for the payment of licence fees, and for establishing and imposing a penalty upon persons required to be licensed who fail to pay the licence fee by the times so fixed;
(m) for licensing persons who make available for the operation by other persons any lawful automatic or slot machine used, or intended to be used, for the purpose of vending merchandise or services. The persons so licensed may be the owners of such machines or may be the occupiers of the premises where they are operated;
(n) for licensing, regulating, and defining clubs which are not subject to being licensed under this Part as carrying on a business, and for requiring such clubs at all times to have a manager and for licensing such manager;
(o) for licensing persons who solicit or collect gifts or alms, or the promise thereof, for others, whether in the form of money, merchandise, or otherwise, and for preventing such soliciting or collecting on any street without a permit issued under the provisions of the by-law;
(p) for licensing persons who conduct or manage bazaars, shows, exhibitions, and entertainments for, or represented to be for, charity or any humanitarian, philanthropic, or patriotic object;
(q) for providing that a licensee under this Part must not refuse to sell goods or provide a service or accommodation to a person because of the person's race, creed, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, physical or mental disability, nationality, ancestry, place of origin or political beliefs;
(r) regulating the presence of persons less than eighteen years of age in poolrooms, arcades, public dance-halls, billiard-halls, or bowling-alleys and defining any terms used in this clause.
(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act or any by-law under this section, the maximum licence fee for a manufactured home park as defined in the Manufactured Home Tax Act shall not exceed the amount prescribed under the Manufactured Home Act in respect of any one licence period.
1953-55-272; 1960-80-2; 1962-82-7; 1969-45-16; 1977-40-51 (as renumbered), proclaimed effective April 1, 1978; 1984-32-9; 1985-89-5; 1990-53-12; 2022-15-57; 2022-15-73,Sch 1; 2023-16-18.
"passenger directed vehicle" has the same meaning as in the Passenger Transportation Act;
has the same meaning as in the Passenger Transportation Act;
has the same meaning as in the Passenger Transportation Act.
(2) The council must not, under section 272 (1) (a) or (e) [by-laws respecting business regulation and licensing],
(a) regulate in relation to the number of passenger directed vehicles that may be operated under passenger directed vehicle authorizations or transportation network services authorizations, or
(b) prohibit vehicles referred to in paragraph (a) from operating in the municipality, including, without limitation, by prohibiting the issuance of a licence to a person to operate a vehicle referred to in that paragraph for the sole reason that the person holds a licence, issued by another municipality, to operate the vehicle.
2018-53-79.
273. (1) The Council may, by by-law, do one or more of the following:
(a) provide for the effective period of a licence referred to in section 272 (1);
(b) establish terms and conditions of a licence referred to in section 272 (1);
(c) establish terms and conditions that must be met for obtaining, continuing to hold or renewing a licence referred to in section 272 (1);
(d) provide that terms and conditions for a licence referred to in section 272 (1) may be imposed, the nature of the terms and conditions and who may impose them;
(e) set different effective periods of a licence for different classes of licences and, with respect to a licence referred to in section 272 (1) (a), set different effective periods for a licence for different businesses, trades, professions or occupations;
(f) provide for the prorating of the prescribed fee for a licence referred to in section 272 (1) in relation to the effective period of the licence.
(3) The Council may delegate to an officer or employee of the city the authority to set the effective period referred to in subsection (1) under terms and conditions established in the by-law.
(4) A valid and subsisting licence referred to in section 272 that was granted before the coming into force of this section remains valid until its expiration date unless earlier surrendered or cancelled.
1999-38-63; 2009-22-79.
274. Licence fees imposed under this Part shall be payable in advance.
1953-55-274.
275. The granting or refusing of a licence to an applicant therefor, and the revocation or suspension of a licence which has been granted, shall be deemed to be in the discretion of the Council, and the Council may grant, refuse, revoke, or suspend a licence without stating any reason therefor, save in respect of a licensee who by reasonable efforts cannot be found, the Council shall not revoke a licence without giving the holder thereof an opportunity to be heard.
1953-55-275.
276. A person who maintains more than one place at which the person carries on a business, trade, profession, or other occupation shall be deemed to be carrying on a business, trade, profession, or other occupation at each of such places and to be subject to being licensed with respect to each place.
1953-55-276; 2022-15-73,Sch 1; 2022-15-76,Sch 4.
277. The Chief Licence Inspector shall have power at any time summarily to suspend for the period specified by the Inspector any licence if the holder of the licence
(a) is convicted of any offence under any Statute of Canada or of the Province of British Columbia;
(b) is convicted of any offence under any by-law of the city with respect to the business, trade, profession, or other occupation for which the holder is licensed or with respect to the relevant premises;
(c) has, in the opinion of the Inspector, been guilty of such gross misconduct in or with respect to the licensed premises as to warrant the suspension of the holder's licence;
(d) has, in the opinion of such official,
(i) conducted the holder's business in a manner; or
(ii) performed a service in a manner; or
(iii) sold, offered for sale, displayed for sale, or distributed to a person actually or apparently under the age of sixteen years any thing
that may be harmful or dangerous to the health or safety of a person actually or apparently under the age of sixteen years.
Any person whose licence has been suspended under this section may appeal to the Council in accordance with the procedure for that purpose prescribed by by-law, and upon such appeal the Council may confirm or may set aside such suspension on such terms as it may think fit.
1953-55-277; 1972-58-21; 2022-15-58; 2022-15-76,Sch 4.
277.1 (1) Council may, by resolution, delegate the holding of a hearing under section 275 or 278, or an appeal under section 277 of this Act or under section 36 (7) of the Motor Vehicle Act, specifically, by class or generally, to one or more council members.
(2) If a hearing in relation to a matter is delegated under subsection (1), a delegation of the power to make a Council decision in relation to the same matter may only be delegated to the person or persons to whom the holding of the hearing was delegated.
(3) If the holding of a hearing is delegated under subsection (1) and the power to make the Council decision in relation to the same matter is not delegated under subsection (2), the Council must not make the decision until the delegate reports to the Council, either orally or in writing, the views expressed at the hearing.
(4) For certainty, if a delegation has been made under subsection (1), the Council may exercise its authority under that subsection to change that delegation to a different delegation in relation to a specific matter.
1999-37-324; 2007-6-42.
278. The Chief Licence Inspector may, in any case, recommend to Council in writing the suspension or revocation of any licence, setting out the reasons for such recommendation. The Council shall not suspend or revoke the licence without previous notice and an opportunity to be heard being given to the holder thereof, except when by reasonable efforts the holder cannot be found.
1953-55-278.
"delegation" means a delegation made under subsection (2);
"dog licence" means a licence that has been granted under a by-law described in section 272 (1) (h).
(2) The Council may, by by-law, delegate to an animal control officer the authority to suspend or revoke dog licences.
(3) Section 278 does not apply if a delegation is made.
(4) An animal control officer who acts under a delegation
(a) may suspend or revoke a dog licence on such terms as the officer may think fit,
(b) must, before revoking a dog licence, give to the licence holder an opportunity to be heard, and
(c) must give to a licence holder written reasons for suspending or revoking the holder's dog licence.
(5) Subsection (4) (b) and (c) does not apply if the licence holder cannot be found by reasonable efforts.
(6) If a licence holder's dog licence has been suspended or revoked by an animal control officer, the holder may appeal to the Chief Licence Inspector in accordance with the procedure prescribed by by-law.
(7) On considering an appeal, the Chief Licence Inspector may confirm or set aside a suspension or revocation of a dog licence on such terms as the Chief Licence Inspector may think fit.
2024-3-11.
279. Nothing contained in the Liquor Control and Licensing Act shall prevent the Council from providing for the licensing of the holder of a licence under the said Act.
1953-55-279; 1997-25-170.
279A. (1) For the purposes of this section, "shop" means any premises wherein any retail trade or business is carried on, and includes any building or portion of a building, booth, stall, or place where goods are exposed or offered for sale by retail, or where the business of a barber or cosmetologist or the business of a shoe-shine stand is carried on, but does not mean premises where a barber or cosmetologist is attending a customer in the customer's residence, or where the only trade or business carried on is that of selling medicines, drugs and medical appliances, tobacco and related products, newspapers, magazines, fresh or frozen fruits, fresh or frozen vegetables and other frozen foods, cut flowers, florists' products, soft drinks, dairy products, bakery products, or any one or more of them, or that of automobile dealers, automobile service-stations and garages, or that of an hotel, inn, public house, restaurant, or refreshment-house, or places licensed under the Liquor Control and Licensing Act.
(2) The Council may by by-law regulate the days and hours of the day during which shops may remain open or be closed for business during Monday to Saturday, inclusive; provided, however, that the owner or operator of any shop shall not require any employee to work in any shop on more than five days in any one week. Such by-law may classify shops and may differentiate between different classes as to hours and days for opening or closing.
(3) Pending the enactment of by-laws pursuant to subsection (2) by the city, every shop shall be closed and remain closed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday from and after six o'clock in the afternoon and on Friday from and after nine o'clock in the afternoon; provided, however, that if shops are required by Statute to remain closed on any Friday such shops may remain open until nine o'clock in the afternoon of the immediately preceding day.
(4) All shops may remain open until nine o'clock in the afternoon on the seven business-days immediately preceding Christmas Day.
(6) The Council may by by-law require that hawkers, pedlars, and hucksters shall not hawk, peddle, or sell any goods, chattels, or merchandise during the period when shops are required to be closed pursuant to this section.
(7) Every shop shall be closed for business on the following days, that is to say: Christmas Day and the day immediately following; New Year's Day; Good Friday; Canada Day; Victoria Day; Labour Day; Remembrance Day; the birthday, or the day fixed by Proclamation of the Governor in Council for the celebration of the birthday, of the reigning sovereign; and any day fixed by the Parliament of the Dominion or appointed by Proclamation of the Governor in Council for a general fast or thanksgiving or as a holiday of general application throughout the Dominion; and any day appointed by Proclamation or Order of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council or the City Council as a holiday.
1957-85-17; 1980-17-12, effective January 1, 1981; 1993-74-5; 1997-25-171; 1999-13-29; 2003-7-63.
"licensed establishment" means a restaurant or a prescribed business premises for which a licence of a prescribed class of licences under the Liquor Control and Licensing Act has been issued;
"prescribed business premises" means a business premises that is of a class prescribed by regulation under subsection (5).
(2) The Council may, by by-law,
(a) regulate the hours and days during which
(i) licensed establishments, or
(ii) prescribed business premises
may remain open or must be closed for business, and
(b) in relation to licensed establishments, regulate the hours and days during which licensed establishments may serve liquor or allow liquor to be consumed on their premises.
(3) A by-law under subsection (2) may establish different regulations for
(a) different areas of the city,
(b) different classes of licensed establishments, as those classes are established by the by-law, and
(c) different classes of business premises, as those classes are established by regulation under subsection (5).
(4) The authority under this section applies in relation to licensed establishments despite the restriction under section 272 (1) (f) [extent of regulation].
(5) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing classes of business premises for the purposes of this section.
(6) To the extent of any conflict between a by-law under section 279A [shops regulation] and a by-law under this section, the by-law under this section prevails.
2013-4-5; 2015-19-117.
279B. (1) The Council may, by by-law, regulate alarm systems designed or used to direct attention to a criminal or unlawful act, regulate persons engaged in the business of selling or maintaining such alarm systems and the employees of such persons, and regulate persons possessing or using such alarm systems.
(2) In any by-law passed pursuant to this section a Council shall have the power to classify and define alarm systems and differentiate as between classes of systems and shall have the power to pass different regulations with respect to each class of alarm system and the sale, maintenance, possession, or use thereof.
(3) The power to regulate granted by this section shall include the power to provide
(a) that no person shall sell, maintain, possess, or use an alarm system which has not been approved by a peace officer or municipal employee designated in the by-law;
(b) for a system of permits requiring that any person selling, maintaining, possessing, or using an alarm system shall possess a current and valid permit, and for the delegation to the Chief Constable or other peace officer in direct charge of the peace officers providing policing within the municipality the power to grant, suspend, or cancel any permit;
(c) for an appeal to the Vancouver Police Board from a decision granting, refusing, suspending or cancelling any permit, including the power to provide that
(i) the Board may delegate the hearing and deciding of such an appeal to one or more members of the Board, and
(ii) the decision of the delegate or delegates, as the case may be, be deemed to be the decision of the Board;
(e) that where a person possessing or using an alarm system or the person's authorized representative does not attend at the person's premises where an alarm has been activated within one hour of receiving a request to do so made by a member or employee of the police department providing policing in the municipality, the person possessing or using the alarm system shall thereupon become liable to the municipality for an amount not exceeding $25 per hour or portion thereof for each employee and member of the police department attending the alarm;
(f) for the establishing and imposing of fees to be paid
(i) by the owner or occupier of real property to which services are provided by or on behalf of the municipality, including policing services under section 3 (2) of the Police Act, in response to a false alarm of a system, or
(ii) by the persons who lease or otherwise provide these systems to the owners or occupiers of real property if services referred to in subparagraph (i) are provided in response to a false alarm of a system;
(g) that a fee under paragraph (f) (i), if unpaid, may be inserted in the real-property tax roll as taxes in arrear;
(h) for exemptions from the application of a by-law under this section.
(4) A fee under subsection (3) (f) may vary in relation to the number of occasions on which services referred to in that subsection are provided.
(5) The Council may, by by-law, exercise powers given by regulation under section 328 (4) of the Local Government Act in relation to security alarm systems.
1978-41-19; 1992-79-10; 1997-25-172; 1997-37-73; 2000-7-191; 2003-15-18; RS2015-1-RevSch; 2022-15-59; 2022-15-76,Sch 4; 2023-16-19.
279C. (1) In relation to fire alarm systems, the Council may, by by-law, do one or more of the following:
(a) require permits for the operation of these systems and establish fees for these permits;
(b) establish and impose fees to be paid
(i) by the owner or occupier of real property to which services are provided by or on behalf of the municipality, including policing services under section 3 (2) of the Police Act, in response to a false alarm of a system, or
(ii) by the persons who lease or otherwise provide these systems to the owners or occupiers of real property if services referred to in subparagraph (i) are provided in response to a false alarm of a system;
(c) provide that a fee under paragraph (b) (i), if unpaid, may be inserted in the real-property tax roll as taxes in arrear;
(d) exercise powers given by regulation under section 328 (4) of the Local Government Act in relation to fire alarm systems;
(e) establish exemptions from the application of a by-law under this section.
(2) A fee under subsection (1) (b) may vary in relation to the number of occasions on which services referred to in that subsection are provided.
(3) As an exception, a by-law under this section does not apply to fire alarm systems that are intended to alert only the occupants of the dwelling unit in which they are installed.
1992-79-11; 1997-25-173; 2000-7-191; RS2015-1-RevSch; 2023-16-20.
Contents | Preamble | Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V | Part VI | Part VII | Part VIII | Part IX | Part X | Part XI | Part XII | Part XIII | Part XIV | Part XV | Part XVI | Part XVII | Part XVIII | Part XIX | Part XX | Part XXI | Part XXII | Part XXIII | Part XXIV | Part XXIV-A | Part XXIV-B | Part XXV | Part XXVI | Part XXVII | Part XXVIII | Part XXIX | Part XXX | Part XXXI
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