{"title":"Enderby unsightly property rules and how to report","question":"How do I report an unsightly or overgrown property in Enderby?","slug":"unsightly-property","place":{"path":"ca/bc/enderby","name":"Enderby","region":{"code":"bc","name":"British Columbia"},"country":{"code":"ca","name":"Canada"}},"category":{"slug":"bylaws-and-complaints","name":"Bylaws, noise and complaints"},"owner":"municipal","owner_label":"Municipal","owner_body":{"name":"City of Enderby","url":"https://www.cityofenderby.com"},"short_answer":"Report an unsightly or overgrown property in the City of Enderby through the City's contact form, by email to info@cityofenderby.com, or on a Public Request form at City Hall, 619 Cliff Avenue. Complainants are kept anonymous unless court action is required.","aliases":["overgrown yard enderby","junk on neighbour's property enderby","derelict vehicle enderby","unsightly premises enderby","weeds enderby bylaw"],"cost":"Bylaw notice $100 ($50 if paid within 14 days); $500 ($400) if the property is on an Enhanced Compliance Schedule. Municipal ticket $100 ($50 if paid within 30 days); $500 ($400) on an Enhanced Compliance Schedule.","how_long":"A compliance order must say the problem is to be fixed within 14 days of delivery. On an Enhanced Compliance Schedule the deadline is 4 days.","where":[{"type":"online","label":"Contact form","value":"https://www.cityofenderby.com/contact-us-2/"},{"type":"email","label":"City Hall","value":"info@cityofenderby.com"},{"type":"in_person","label":"Public Request form at City Hall","value":"619 Cliff Avenue, Enderby, BC","note":"The City's pages do not state office hours."},{"type":"phone","label":"City Hall","value":"250-838-7230"}],"documents":["Address of the property and a description of the problem"],"forms":[{"title":"Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 1517, 2013, consolidated (PDF)","url":"https://www.cityofenderby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1517-Good-Neighbour-Bylaw-No.-1517-2013-Consolidated.pdf"}],"related":[{"slug":"bylaw-fines","title":"Enderby bylaw fines and how tickets work","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/enderby/bylaw-fines/"},{"slug":"backyard-fire","title":"Enderby backyard fire and burning rules","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/enderby/backyard-fire/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/armstrong","name":"Armstrong","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/armstrong/unsightly-property/"},{"place":"ca/bc/spallumcheen","name":"Spallumcheen","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/spallumcheen/unsightly-property/"},{"place":"ca/bc/sicamous","name":"Sicamous","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sicamous/unsightly-property/"},{"place":"ca/bc/lumby","name":"Lumby","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/lumby/unsightly-property/"},{"place":"ca/bc/vernon","name":"Vernon","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/vernon/unsightly-property/"},{"place":"ca/bc/coldstream","name":"Coldstream","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/coldstream/unsightly-property/"}],"topic":{"title":"Unsightly property fines in British Columbia, by municipality","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/unsightly-property/"},"facts":{"what_counts":{"label":"What counts","value":"Owners and occupiers must not let rubbish, filth or noxious matter accumulate, rubbish overflow around a container, dead landscaping or noxious weeds remain, construction waste pile up on a building-permit site, or the property become or stay unsightly. Unsightly includes visible rubbish, graffiti or discarded materials, and dead or uncontrolled vegetation.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.cityofenderby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1517-Good-Neighbour-Bylaw-No.-1517-2013-Consolidated.pdf","title":"Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 1517, 2013 (consolidated, PDF), City of Enderby","section":"ss. 4.3; Schedule D","quotes":["no owner or occupier of real property shall cause, suffer or permit:","rubbish to overflow from or accumulate around any container","allow the real property to become or remain unsightly;","the accumulation of dead landscaping, vegetation, noxious weeds or other","the storage, location or accumulation visible to a person standing on a","of filth, rubbish, graffiti or any other","discarded materials;"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"how_to_report":{"label":"How to report","value":"Use the City's contact form, email info@cityofenderby.com, or complete a Public Request form at City Hall (619 Cliff Avenue). Complainants are kept anonymous unless court action is required.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.cityofenderby.com/city-hall/bylaw-compliance/","title":"Bylaw Compliance, City of Enderby","section":"Bylaw Enforcement","quotes":["you can either complete our contact form, email info@cityofenderby.com or drop by City Hall to complete a Public Request form.","All complainants will be kept anonymous unless court action is required"]},{"url":"https://www.cityofenderby.com/contact-us-2/","title":"Contact Us, City of Enderby","section":"Contact Us","quotes":["telephone 250-838-7230, or drop by City Hall at 619 Cliff Avenue."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"process":{"label":"What happens next","value":"A Bylaw Enforcement Officer may issue a compliance order; it must say the problem is to be fixed within 14 days of delivery. If it is not, the City may do the work without further notice and bill the owner (added to property taxes if unpaid). After two orders in 12 months the property goes on an Enhanced Compliance Schedule for 12 months: 4 days to comply and higher fines.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.cityofenderby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1517-Good-Neighbour-Bylaw-No.-1517-2013-Consolidated.pdf","title":"Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 1517, 2013 (consolidated, PDF), City of Enderby","section":"ss. 4.10 to 4.17, 8.2","quotes":["the unsightly nature of the property or other non-compliance with this","Bylaw must be remedied within 14 days of the date of delivery of the notice","the City may, without further notice, proceed to carry out the work required, and the cost","of such work will be added to the taxes of the real property","following the issuance of two compliance","orders for a property within a 12 month period, that property shall be placed","on an Enhanced Compliance Schedule for a period of 12 months","the order must be remedied within 4 days of the"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":"Bylaw notice for unsightly property: $100 ($50 if paid within 14 days; $110 after 28 days); $500 ($400; $500) if the property is on an Enhanced Compliance Schedule. Municipal ticket: $100 ($50 if paid within 30 days); $500 ($400) on an Enhanced Compliance Schedule.","short":"Notice $100 ($50 in 14 days); ticket $100 ($50 in 30 days)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.cityofenderby.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1581-Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-Consolidated.pdf","title":"Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 1581 (consolidated, PDF), City of Enderby","section":"Schedule A (Good Neighbour Bylaw 4.3(c), 4.17(b))","quotes":["1517 4.3 (c) Unsightly property $100 $50 $110 YES","1517 4.3 (c) Unsightly property $500 $400 $500 YES"]},{"url":"https://www.cityofenderby.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1518-MTI-Bylaw-No.-1518-2023-Consolidated.pdf","title":"Municipal Ticketing Information System Bylaw No. 1518 (consolidated, PDF), City of Enderby","section":"Schedule 4","quotes":["Unsightly property 4.3 (c) 100. 50.","Unsightly property when on an Enhanced 4.3 (c) 500. 400."]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 1517, 2013 (Part IV, Property Maintenance)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.cityofenderby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1517-Good-Neighbour-Bylaw-No.-1517-2013-Consolidated.pdf","title":"Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 1517, 2013 (consolidated, PDF), City of Enderby","section":"s. 1 (title)","quotes":["Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 1517. 2013"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":5,"stated":5,"matched":5,"none":0,"unknown":0},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nPart IV of the [Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 1517](https://www.cityofenderby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1517-Good-Neighbour-Bylaw-No.-1517-2013-Consolidated.pdf) says owners and occupiers in the City of Enderby must not let rubbish, filth or noxious matter accumulate, let rubbish overflow around a container, leave dead landscaping or noxious weeds, let construction waste pile up on a building-permit site, or let the property become or stay unsightly. Unsightly includes visible rubbish, graffiti or discarded materials, and dead or uncontrolled vegetation. Normal farm operations and orderly outdoor storage allowed by the Zoning Bylaw are exempt. Owners must also keep boulevards, lanes and sidewalks next to their property clear and weeds trimmed.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. If you are comfortable, the City says to talk with the neighbour first.\n2. Otherwise report it using the City's contact form, by email to info@cityofenderby.com, or on a Public Request form at City Hall.\n3. A Bylaw Enforcement Officer may issue a compliance order saying the problem is to be fixed within 14 days of delivery. If it is not, the City may do the work without further notice and bill the owner; unpaid amounts are added to property taxes.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- After two orders in 12 months, the property goes on an Enhanced Compliance Schedule for 12 months: 4 days to comply and higher fines.\n- An owner may ask Council to reconsider an order in writing to the Corporate Officer within 10 days of service (3 days on an Enhanced Compliance Schedule).\n- Unsightly premises are a bylaw enforcement priority. The City says an initial investigation could take several weeks.\n- Dog problems go to dog control at 250-838-0233.","sources":[{"url":"https://www.cityofenderby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1517-Good-Neighbour-Bylaw-No.-1517-2013-Consolidated.pdf","title":"Good Neighbour Bylaw No. 1517, 2013 (consolidated, PDF), City of Enderby","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.cityofenderby.com/city-hall/bylaw-compliance/","title":"Bylaw Compliance, City of Enderby","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.cityofenderby.com/contact-us-2/","title":"Contact Us, City of Enderby","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.cityofenderby.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1581-Bylaw-Notice-Enforcement-Bylaw-Consolidated.pdf","title":"Bylaw Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 1581 (consolidated, PDF), City of Enderby","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.cityofenderby.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1518-MTI-Bylaw-No.-1518-2023-Consolidated.pdf","title":"Municipal Ticketing Information System Bylaw No. 1518 (consolidated, PDF), City of Enderby","accessed":"2026-11-05"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-05","review":{"status":"machine_checked","badge":"Checked against official text","label":"Checked by script, not yet by a person: the official wording behind 5 of 5 facts was matched to the official text."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/enderby/unsightly-property/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/enderby/unsightly-property.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/enderby/unsightly-property.json"}}