BylawsBylaw No. 550EnvironmentAdopted 2001In force
Pollution and Obstruction of Watercourses Bylaw
Keep silt and substances harmful to fish and aquatic life out of Langford’s watercourses, ditches and drains. Owners and occupiers must maintain stormwater systems and silt or petroleum separators so these pollutants are not discharged from their land.
Who it affects: The bylaw applies to landowners and occupiers with the specified stormwater systems or separators, and to anyone who might discharge prohibited substances into a watercourse, ditch or drain.
Key rules
The parts residents most often run into. The PDF is the official text.
- Maintain silt or petroleum separators in proper working order.
- Maintain stormwater collection and disposal systems to prevent harmful discharges.
- Do not discharge silt or substances harmful to fish or dependent aquatic life into a watercourse, ditch or drain.
- The maximum fine is $10 000; each day an offence continues is a separate offence.
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DISTRICT OF LANGFORD BYLAW NO. 550, 2001 A BYLAW TO PROHIBIT THE POLLUTION AND OBSTRUCTION OF WATERCOURSES. ____________________________________________________________________________ WHEREAS the Local Government Act authorizes by s.725.1 a bylaw prohibiting the pollution and obstruction of watercourses and ditches. The Council of the District of Langford, in open meeting, enacts as follows: 1. Every owner or occupier of land on which is installed a device to separate silt or petroleum products from storm water that is either retained for disposal on the land in a rock pit, retention pond or other works, or discharged from the land into a stream, creek, waterway, watercourse, ditch or drain, shall maintain such device in proper working order such that no silt or petroleum product is discharged to any rock pit or from the land. 2. Every owner or occupier of land on which is located a storm water collection and disposal system shall maintain it such that no silt or other substance harmful to fish, or to aquatic plants or animals on which fish depend, is discharged from the land into any stream, creek, waterway, watercourse, ditch or drain. 3. No person shall discharge silt or other substance harmful to fish, or to aquatic plants or animals on which fish depend, into any stream, creek, waterway, watercourse, ditch or drain. 4. Every person who is convicted of an offence under this Bylaw is liable to a fine of not more than $10 000, and each day on which such an offence is continued constitutes a separate offence subject to the maximum penalty specified in this section. 5. This Bylaw may be cited as “District of Langford Watercourse Protection Bylaw No. 550, 2001”. READ A FIRST TIME this 5th day of February, 2001 READ A SECOND TIME this 5th day of February, 2001 READ A THIRD TIME this 5th day of February, 2001 ADOPTED this 19th day of February, 2001 ______________________________ _________________________________ MAYOR CERTIFIED CORRECT (Clerk-Administrator)