Tent City - 950 Main Street October 2007 Recap
Led by lawyer David Eby, He talked about his plans to argue that the Charter of rights is violated by laws that prohibit sleeping in public places.
Filmed by Janelle, edited by Colin
"As for the Olympics, I see these large projects as a tremendous opportunity to improve housing conditions and, if even a small percentage of the billions of dollars in Vancouver real estate was spent on affordable housing, some urgent problems could be solved,"
- Miloon Kothari, the UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
The actual By-Law that mayor Larry Campbell enacted in 2003 that firmly outlines the city's right to evict people who are simply seeking shelter in a city without enough of them.
CITY OF VANCOUVER
BRITISH COLUMBIA
CITY LAND REGULATION BY-LAW NO. 8735
This By-law is printed under and
by authority of the Council of
the City of Vancouver
October 23, 2003
BY-LAW NO. 8735
A By-law to regulate city land
October 23, 2003
_____________________________________________
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VANCOUVER, in public meeting, enacts as follows:
Name of By-law
1. The name of this By-law, for citation, is the ACity Land Regulation By-law@.
Definitions
2. In this By-law:
A city land@ means land owned by or leased to the city except for:
(a) streets,
(b) the parks defined in section 488(4) of the Vancouver Charter, or
(c) land in respect of which the city has granted the exclusive right of
possession to another person; and
A manager@ means the City Manager appointed by Council under the Board of
Administration By-law.
Regulation of city land
3. A person must not, without the prior written consent of the manager:
(a) cut, break, injure, damage, or destroy any tree, shrub, plant, turf, or flower on
city land;
(b) remove any rock, soil, tree, shrub, plant, turf, or flower from city land;
(c) deposit any garbage, refuse, litter, or other waste material on city land, except in
containers provided by the city for that purpose;
(d) construct, erect, place, deposit, maintain, occupy, or cause to be constructed,
erected, placed, deposited, maintained or occupied, any structure, tent, shelter,
object, substance, or thing on city land; or
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(e) light any fires or burn any material on city land.
4. The manager, or any person designated by the manager, may remove or cause to be
removed from city land any structure, tent, shelter, object, substance, or thing constructed,
erected, placed, deposited, or maintained on city land contrary to this By-law.
Offences against By-law
5. A person who:
(a) violates any provision of this By-law;
(b) suffers or permits any other person to violate any provision of this By-law;
(c) neglects to do or refrains from doing anything required to be done by any provision
of this By-law; or
(d) fails to comply with any order, direction, or notice given under this By-law;
commits an offence against this By-law.
Fines
6. A person who commits an offence against this By-law is punishable on conviction by a fine
of not less than $100.00 and not more than $2,000.00 for each offence.
Fine for continuing offence
7. A person who commits an offence of a continuing nature against this By-law is liable to a
fine not exceeding $50.00 for each day such offence continues.
Severability
8. A decision by a court that any part of this By-law is void or unenforceable is not to affect
the balance of the By-law.
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Force and effect
9. This By-law is to come into force and take effect on the date of its enactment.
ENACTED by Council this 23rd day of October, 2003
(Signed) Larry W. Campbell@
Mayor
(Signed) Syd Baxter@
City Clerk
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Led by lawyer David Eby, He talked about his plans to argue that the Charter of rights is violated by laws that prohibit sleeping in public places.
Filmed by Janelle, edited by Colin
