Bylaws
Bylaws for the Town of Comox
- Beckton Storm Drainage Parcel Tax Bylaw (2006)
- Bylaw # 1532 converts a specified area to local area service, then amends the service area. This area pays $175 per hectare for maintenance of storm drainage ponds servicing the Beckton neighbourhood.
- Building
- A bylaw to regulate, prohibit and impose requirements in relation to buildings and other structures
- Last modified .
- Public Nuisance and Property Maintenance
- Nuisance, Untidy premises, Noise and Graffiti
- Last modified .
- Business Licences
- A bylaw respecting licences for carrying on business within the municipality and for fixing fees for such licences
- Last modified .
- Comox Avenue Revitalization Taxation
- Bylaw # 1407 establishes annual taxation to specific properties along Comox Avenue to repay $500,000 in debt incurred for a downtown revitalization project. Taxes are levied half as a frontage tax (at $10.202 per foot per year) and half on assessed value of property (with rates that vary annually with assessment).
- Last modified .
- Controlled Substance Property
- A Bylaw to prohibit the use of property for the manufacture, ingestion, use, sharing, sale, trade or barter of controlled substances
- Last modified .
- Council Procedure, 2009
- A bylaw to establish procedures for the order and conduct of Council and Committee of the Whole meetings.
- Last modified .
- Council Remuneration and Expense Bylaw, Consolidated
- A bylaw to provide for the payment of remuneration and expenses to Council members
- Last modified .
- Development Cost Charge Bylaw No.'s 1526, 2342 & 2445
- Bylaws to impose development cost charges for the capital cost of providing, altering or expanding road, drainage,sewage or water facilities and for acquiring and improving park land
- Last modified .
- Development Application Procedures Consolidated
- A bylaw to establish Development Application Procedures and Application Fees.
- Last modified .
- Dog Licence and Pound Bylaw
- A bylaw to provide for the licensing and control of dogs and the establishment and operation of a pound
- Last modified .
- Election Procedures - Consolidated
- A bylaw to provide for the use of automated voting machines and the establishment of various procedures in the conduct of local government elections and other voting
- Last modified .
- False Alarm Fees Bylaw
- A bylaw to establish fees for services provided in response to a false alarm
- Last modified .
- Fees and Charges Bylaw, Consolidated
- A bylaw to establish and regulare statutory fees and charges for services carried out by the Town of Comox
- Last modified .
- Financial Plan Bylaw (2013-2017)
- Bylaw of the Town of Comox respecting the Fiancial Plan for the five-year period January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2017.
- Last modified .
- Fire Prevention and Regulation - Consolidated
- A bylaw to provide for the prevention and regulation of fires
- Last modified .
- Fireworks Regulations Bylaw
- A bylaw to regulate the storage, sale and explosion of fireworks
- Last modified .
- Flood Plain Designation Bylaw
- A bylaw to designate flood plains
- Last modified .
- Intermunicipal Business Licence Agreement Authorization Bylaw
- A bylaw to establish an intermunicipal business licence scheme
- Last modified .
- Kye Bay Water & Sewer Parcel Tax Bylaw (2005)
- Bylaw # 1457 establishes an annual parcel tax for the properties in Kye Bay that did not pay off their share of debt related to construction of water & sewer service to the area.
- Lancaster Heights Sanitary Sewer Lift Station Bylaws
- Bylaws establishing a service to pay for operation maintenance & capital costs of a sanitary sewer lift station that services plans VIP84809, VIP85519 & VIP86203 in Lancaster Heights at a cost of $165 / lot starting 2012.
- Municipal Marina Fees Bylaw
- The fees that the Town is authorized to charge for 2012- 2015 (our Marina year-end is March 31st).
- Last modified .
- Official Community Plan
- Council has adopted Bylaw 1685 - an Official Community Plan bylaw in July 2011.
- Last modified .
- Parks Use Bylaw
- A bylaw to establish rules and regulations for the use of parks in the Town of Comox
- Last modified .
- Performers and Entertainers
- A bylaw to regulate performers and entertainers within the Town of Comox.
- Last modified .
- Pesticide Use Bylaw
- A bylaw to regulate the non-essential use of pesticides within the Town of Comox. To view additional information on this topic copy the following website address/path into your internet browser: http://www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/section_publicaffairs/content.asp?id=495&collection=85 OR stop by Comox Town Hall to pick up an information package.
- Last modified .
- Point Holmes Sanitary Sewer Lift Station Local Area Service
- Lots in the Claddagh subdivision will be responsible for paying for operation, maintenance and capital costs of a sanitary sewer lift station servicing them, at an estimated cost of over $1,200 per lot annually starting in 2012 and continuing indefinitely.
- Last modified .
- Point Holmes Water Local Area Service
- Bylaws # 1618, 1583 & 1519 authorizing a parcel tax of $471 per lot per year in the Point Holmes area to repay the debt incurred establishing a water service through the area. Taxation will continue until the outstanding debt is repaid (2022).
- Last modified .
- Refuse Collection
- A Bylaw to provide for the control, collection, and disposal of garbage, ashes, household and trade waste within the Town of Comox and establishment of a scale of fees.
- Last modified .
- Sanitary Sewer Parcel Tax
- A bylaw to impose a sanitary sewer parcel tax
- Last modified .
- Sewer User Rates, Consolidated
- A Bylaw to Levy Sewer Rates within the Town of Comox - Consolidated Bylaw No. 1289.
- Last modified .
- Sign Bylaw, Consolidated
- A bylaw to regulate signs
- Last modified .
- Street and Traffic Bylaw, Consolidated
- A bylaw to regulate traffic and the use of streets within the Town of Comox
- Last modified .
- Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaws
- Applicable Bylaws for subdivision and development servicing include Consolidated Bylaw No. 733 & Consolidated Bylaw No. 1261
- Tax Exemptions - 2011
- A bylaw to authorize permissive tax exemptions for 2011.
- Last modified .
- Tax Rates Bylaw, 2013
- A Bylaw establishing property value tax rates for municipal, library, regional district, regional hospital district and business improvement area purposes for 2013.
- Last modified .
- Tree Cutting in Hazardous Areas Bylaw, Consolidated
- A bylaw to regulate tree cutting
- Last modified .
- Tree Management and Protection Bylaw, Consolidated
- A bylaw to regulate and prohibit the cutting and removal of trees within the Town of Comox
- Last modified .
- Water Parcel Tax
- A Bylaw to Impose a Water Parcel Tax - Bylaw No. 1743.
- Last modified .
- Water Rates & Regulations, Consolidated
- A bylaw to regulate the rates, terms and conditions for the supply of water
- Last modified .
- Zoning Bylaw, Consolidated
- Zoning bylaw 1377 - A bylaw that controls land use in the Town of Comox
- Last modified .