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title: Armstrong bylaw fines and how tickets work
question: "What are the common bylaw fines in Armstrong?"
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# Armstrong bylaw fines and how tickets work

**Question:** What are the common bylaw fines in Armstrong?

**Short answer:** The City of Armstrong enforces its bylaws with municipal tickets under Bylaw 1889. Most parking tickets are $100 ($50 if paid within 30 days); noise and unsightly property are $150 ($100 within 30 days). You have 14 days to pay or dispute a ticket.

**Who handles it:** Municipal (City of Armstrong, https://www.cityofarmstrong.bc.ca)  
**Cost:** Each amount below is the full fine, then the lower amount if paid within 30 days of receiving the ticket.  
**Where:**
- Phone: City Hall, 250-546-3023
- In person: City Hall, 3535 Bridge Street, Armstrong, BC V0E 1B0

## Key facts

- **How tickets work:** The City uses Municipal Ticket Information (MTI) tickets under its MTI System Bylaw. Bylaws listed in Schedule 1 can be enforced by ticket, issued by the designated officers (such as the Bylaw Enforcement Officer, Chief Bylaw Officer, and, for some bylaws, RCMP officers). Enforcement is complaint-based and aims first for voluntary compliance.
  - Source: [Municipal Ticket Information System Bylaw No. 1889, 2022, consolidated to Bylaw 1927, 2024, s. 2-3](https://armstrong.civicweb.net/document/165574)
  - Official wording: "may be enforced by means of a ticket in the manner and form prescribed in the Community Charter." … "are designated as Bylaw Enforcement Officers for the purpose of enforcing the bylaws"
  - Source: [Bylaw Compliance and Services, Bylaw Compliance & Services page](https://www.cityofarmstrong.bc.ca/departments/bylaw-enforcement/)
  - Official wording: "Bylaw enforcement is complaint-based." … "Our goal is voluntary compliance."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Common fines:** Full amount (lower amount if paid within 30 days): unlicensed dog $150 ($100); failure to control dog $150 ($100); noise $150 ($100); unsightly property $150 ($100); most parking tickets $100 ($50); burning contrary to the fire bylaw $250 ($200); Stage 2 watering violation $250 ($200).
  - Source: [Municipal Ticket Information System Bylaw No. 1889, 2022, consolidated to Bylaw 1927, 2024, Schedules 4, 6, 10, 5, 12](https://armstrong.civicweb.net/document/165574)
  - Official wording: "Unlicenced dog 6 (a) $150.00 $100.00" … "Noise on private property which disturbs 3.2 $150.00 $100.00" … "Unsightly 4.1 $150.00 $100.00" … "Parked in a loading zone 4.15 $100.00 $50.00" … "Burning contrary to general regulations 5.3 (a, b, c, $250.00 $200.00" … "Stage 2 watering violation Schedule A $250.00 $200.00"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Paying early:** A lower 'early payment' fine applies if the ticket is paid within 30 days of the person receiving it (or being presumed to have received it). For many offences the lower amount is the same as the regular fine.
  - Source: [Municipal Ticket Information System Bylaw No. 1889, 2022, consolidated to Bylaw 1927, 2024, s. 5(b)](https://armstrong.civicweb.net/document/165574)
  - Official wording: "Column 4 represents the fine payable if payment is received within 30 days"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Paying late:** The regular (higher) fine applies if payment is received after 30 days from the day the person received, or is presumed to have received, the ticket.
  - Source: [Municipal Ticket Information System Bylaw No. 1889, 2022, consolidated to Bylaw 1927, 2024, s. 5(a)](https://armstrong.civicweb.net/document/165574)
  - Official wording: "Column 3 represents the fine payable if payment is received after 30 days of the person who received"
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Disputing a ticket:** Under the Community Charter (s. 267), within 14 days after the ticket is served you may pay it, or dispute it by delivering a written notice of dispute to the address on the ticket or appearing there in person. A disputed ticket is referred to Provincial Court for a hearing (s. 269). If you neither pay nor dispute within 14 days you are treated as not disputing (s. 271).
  - Source: [Community Charter (ss. 267, 269, 271), BC Laws, Community Charter ss. 267, 269, 271](https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/03026_00_multi)
  - Official wording: "may, within 14 days after the date of service," … "delivering or having delivered to the address set out in the ticket a written notice of dispute" … "the council must refer the ticket to the Provincial Court for a hearing."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06
- **Bylaw:** City of Armstrong Municipal Ticket Information System Bylaw No. 1889, 2022 (consolidated to Bylaw No. 1927, 2024).
  - Source: [Municipal Ticket Information System Bylaw No. 1889, 2022, consolidated to Bylaw 1927, 2024, s. 9](https://armstrong.civicweb.net/document/165574)
  - Official wording: "This bylaw may be cited as "City of Armstrong Municipal Ticket Information System Bylaw No."
  - Check: wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-06

## How it works

The City of Armstrong issues Municipal Ticket Information tickets under its [Municipal Ticket Information System Bylaw 1889](https://armstrong.civicweb.net/document/165574). Bylaws listed in its Schedule 1 can be enforced by ticket, issued by designated officers such as the Bylaw Enforcement Officer, the Chief Bylaw Officer and, for some bylaws, RCMP officers. The City aims first for voluntary compliance. A lower early-payment fine applies if the ticket is paid within 30 days of receiving it; after that the regular fine applies. For many offences the two amounts are the same.

## Common fines

Full fine (fine if paid within 30 days):

- Unlicensed dog $150 ($100); failure to control a dog $150 ($100).
- Noise $150 ($100); unsightly property $150 ($100).
- Most parking tickets $100 ($50).
- Burning contrary to the fire bylaw $250 ($200).
- Stage 2 watering violation $250 ($200).

## Steps

1. Within 14 days after the ticket is served, pay it or dispute it (Community Charter s. 267).
2. To dispute, deliver a written notice of dispute to the address on the ticket, or appear there in person. A disputed ticket goes to Provincial Court for a hearing.
3. If you neither pay nor dispute within 14 days, you are treated as not disputing.

## Good to know

- No City page explains how to pay or dispute; call City Hall at 250-546-3023 or read your ticket.

## Official forms and pages

- [Municipal Ticket Information System Bylaw 1889, 2022, consolidated (PDF)](https://armstrong.civicweb.net/document/165574)

## Related questions

- [Armstrong noise bylaw: quiet hours, construction hours and fines](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/armstrong/noise-rules.md)
- [Armstrong unsightly property rules and how to report](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/armstrong/unsightly-property.md)
- [Armstrong backyard fire and burning rules](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/armstrong/backyard-fire.md)
- [Armstrong fireworks rules](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/armstrong/fireworks.md)

## The same question elsewhere

- [Bylaw tickets in British Columbia: early payment, late payment and disputes by municipality](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/bylaw-fines.md)
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- [Vernon](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vernon/bylaw-fines.md)
- [Coldstream](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/bylaw-fines.md)
- [Lumby](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lumby/bylaw-fines.md)
- [Lake Country](https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lake-country/bylaw-fines.md)

## Sources

- [Municipal Ticket Information System Bylaw No. 1889, 2022, consolidated to Bylaw 1927, 2024 (PDF), City of Armstrong](https://armstrong.civicweb.net/document/165574) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Bylaw Compliance and Services, City of Armstrong](https://www.cityofarmstrong.bc.ca/departments/bylaw-enforcement/) (read 2026-11-05)
- [Community Charter (ss. 267, 269, 271), BC Laws](https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/03026_00_multi) (read 2026-11-05)

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