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B.C. Reg. 144/2004 M71/2004 |
Deposited March 26, 2004 |
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Community Charter
1 In this regulation:
"Act" means the Community Charter;
"alien invasive species" means the species listed in sections 1 and 2 of the Schedule;
"exempted pesticides" means pesticides listed as "Exempted Pesticides" in Annex 1 to the Pesticide Control Act Regulation, B.C. Reg. 319/81.
2 (1) For the purposes of section 9 (4) (a) (i) of the Act, a municipality may,
(a) under section 8 (3) (j) of the Act, regulate and prohibit in relation to polluting or obstructing, or impeding the flow of, a stream, creek, waterway, watercourse, waterworks, ditch, drain or sewer, whether or not it is located on private property,
(b) regulate, prohibit and impose requirements in relation to,
(i) under section 8 (3) (j) of the Act, the sale of wild flowers,
(ii) subject to subsection (2), under section 8 (3) (j) of the Act, the application of pesticides, except exempted pesticides, for the purpose of maintaining outdoor trees, shrubs, flowers, other ornamental plants and turf on a parcel or a part of a parcel if the parcel or part is used for residential purposes, or on land vested in the municipality,
(iii) under section 8 (3) (j) and (k) of the Act, the control and eradication of alien invasive species, and
(iv) under section 8 (3) (k) of the Act, the control of wildlife species listed in Schedule B or C to the Designation and Exemption Regulation, B.C. Reg. 168/90.
(2) For the purposes of section 9 (4) (b) of the Act, a municipality may not exercise the authority under subsection (1) (b) (ii) of this regulation in relation to the application of pesticides
(a) for the management of pests that transmit human diseases or impact agriculture or forestry,
(b) on the residential areas of farms,
(c) to buildings or inside buildings, or
(d) on land used for agriculture, forestry, transportation, public utilities or pipelines unless the public utility or pipeline is vested in the municipality.
Schedule
1 The following species are, for the purposes of this regulation, alien invasive species.
Plants |
Annual Sow Thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) |
Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense) |
Common Crupina (Crupina vulgaris) |
Common Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) |
Dalmatian Toadflax (Linaria dalmatica) |
Diffuse Knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) |
Dodder (Cuscuta spp.) |
Gorse (Ulex europaeus) |
Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale) |
Jointed Goatgrass (Aegilops cylindrica) |
Leafy Spurge (Euphorbia esula) |
Perennial Sow Thistle (Sonchus arvensis) |
Purple Nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus) |
Rush Skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea) |
Scentless Chamomile (Matricaria maritima) |
Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) |
Tansy Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) |
Velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti) |
Wild Oats (Avena fatua) |
Yellow Nutsedge (Cyperus esculentus) |
Yellow Starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) |
Terrestrial Vascular Plants |
Smooth brome grass |
Downy brome grass |
Orchard grass (coast) |
Scotch broom |
Spurge laurel |
Common barnyard grass |
English ivy |
St. John's wort |
Himalayan blackberry |
Yellow salsify |
Common Crupina |
Bull thistle |
Nodding thistle |
Giant knotweed |
Kudzu |
Japanese knotweed |
Giant knotweed |
Giant hogweed |
Poison hemlock |
Yellow toadflax |
Carpet burweed |
Baby's breath |
Parasitic Dodder |
Himalayan Balsam |
Saltcedar |
Garlic Mustard |
Fresh Water/ Riparian Vascular Plants |
Flowering rush |
Purple loosestrife |
Eurasian watermilfoil |
Common reed |
Curly pondweed |
Reed canary grass |
Yellow flag |
Hydrilla |
Invertebrates |
Gypsy Moth |
Blueberry Maggot |
Balsam Woolly Adelgid |
Japanese Cedar Longhorn Beetle |
Japanese Beetle |
Pine Shoot Beetle |
Asian Long-horned Beetle |
Cereal Leaf Beetle |
Daylily Midge |
European Chafer |
European Brown Garden Snail |
Oriental Fruit Moth |
Apple Maggot |
Plum Curculio |
Vertebrates |
Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) |
Green Frog (Rana clamitans) |
Rock Dove (Columba livia) |
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) |
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) |
North American Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) |
European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) |
Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) |
Nutria (Myocastor coypu) |
Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) |
Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger) |
2 The species set out in column 1 of Table 1 are, for the purposes of this regulation, alien invasive species in a regional district set out opposite in column 2.
Table 1
Column 1 Species | Column 2 Area of the Province |
Blueweed (Echium vulgare) | Cariboo, Central Kootenay, Columbia-Shuswap, East Kootenay, Okanagan-Similkameen, Thompson-Nicola |
Burdock (Arctium spp.) | Bulkley-Nechako, Cariboo, Columbia-Shuswap, Fraser-Fort George, Kitimat-Stikine, North Okanagan, Okanagan-Similkameen, Peace River, Thompson-Nicola |
Cleavers (Galium aparine) | Peace River |
Common Bugloss (Anchusa officinalis) | Kootenay-Boundary |
Common Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) | Bulkley-Nechako, Central Kootenay, Columbia-Shuswap, East Kootenay, North Okanagan |
Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) | Bulkley-Nechako, Kootenay-Boundary, Thompson-Nicola |
Green Foxtail (Setaria viridis) | Peace River |
Hoary Alyssum (Berteroa incana) | Kootenay-Boundary |
Hoary Cress (Cardaria spp.) | Columbia-Shuswap, North Okanagan, Thompson-Nicola |
Kochia (Kochia scoparia) | Peace River |
Marsh Plume Thistle (Cirsium palustre) | Bulkley-Nechako, Fraser-Fort George |
Meadow Knapweed (Centaurea pratensis) | Columbia-Shuswap |
Night-flowering catchfly (Silene noctiflora) | Peace River |
Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum) | Bulkley-Nechako, Cariboo, Central Kootenay, Columbia-Shuswap, East Kootenay, Thompson-Nicola |
Oxeye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) | Cariboo, North Okanagan, Peace River, Thompson-Nicola |
Perennial Pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) | East Kootenay, Thompson-Nicola |
Plumeless Thistle (Carduus acanthoides) | Central Kootenay |
Puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris) | Okanagan-Similkameen |
Quackgrass (Agropyron repens) | Peace River |
Russian Knapweed (Acroptilon repens) | North Okanagan |
Russian Thistle (Salsola kali) | Peace River |
Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium) | North Okanagan |
Sulphur Cinquefoil (Potentilla recta) | Columbia-Shuswap, North Okanagan, Okanagan-Similkameen, Thompson-Nicola |
Tartary Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) | Peace River |
White Cockle (Lychnis alba) | Peace River |
Wild Chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris) | Fraser Valley |
Wild Mustard (Sinapsis arvensis) | Peace River |
[Provisions of the Community Charter, S.B.C. 2003, c. 26, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: section 9 (4)]
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