{"title":"Granisle unsightly property rules and how to report","question":"How do I report an unsightly or overgrown property in Granisle?","slug":"unsightly-property","place":{"path":"ca/bc/granisle","name":"Granisle","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":"Village of Granisle","url":"https://villageofgranisle.ca"},"short_answer":"In Granisle, report an unsightly or overgrown property with the online Village Bylaw Complaint Form. Under the Property Maintenance Bylaw, an officer can order the owner to fix it within 21 days, and the Village can do the work at the owner's cost.","aliases":["unsightly property granisle","overgrown yard granisle","junk vehicle granisle","report messy property granisle"],"cost":"Tickets: $100 for permitting rubbish to collect, depositing rubbish, graffiti, failure to remove rubbish or failure to prevent insects; $50 for failure to maintain (brush, weeds).","how_long":null,"where":[{"type":"online","label":"Village bylaw complaint form","value":"https://villageofgranisle.ca/village-of-granisle-bylaw-complaint-form/"},{"type":"phone","label":"Village Office","value":"250.697.2248"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 340, 2001 (PDF), Village of Granisle","url":"https://granisle.civicweb.net/document/178/"},{"title":"Bylaw Complaint Form, Village of Granisle","url":"https://villageofgranisle.ca/village-of-granisle-bylaw-complaint-form/"}],"related":[{"slug":"bylaw-fines","title":"Granisle bylaw fines and how tickets work","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/granisle/bylaw-fines/"},{"slug":"noise-rules","title":"Granisle noise bylaw: quiet hours, construction hours and fines","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/granisle/noise-rules/"},{"slug":"garbage-collection","title":"Granisle garbage collection: schedule, carts and limits","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/granisle/garbage-collection/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/telkwa","name":"Telkwa","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/telkwa/unsightly-property/"},{"place":"ca/bc/smithers","name":"Smithers","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/smithers/unsightly-property/"},{"place":"ca/bc/houston","name":"Houston","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/houston/unsightly-property/"},{"place":"ca/bc/new-hazelton","name":"New Hazelton","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/new-hazelton/unsightly-property/"},{"place":"ca/bc/fraser-lake","name":"Fraser Lake","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fraser-lake/unsightly-property/"},{"place":"ca/bc/fort-st-james","name":"Fort St James","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/fort-st-james/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 property become or stay \"unsightly\": outdoor piles of building material (outside construction or building-material businesses), unlicensed or inoperable vehicles or parts, and accumulations of filth, discarded materials or rubbish. Also required: clear brush, noxious weeds and wild grass, and prevent caterpillars and noxious insects. No graffiti or dumping rubbish in open places.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://granisle.civicweb.net/document/178/","title":"Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 340, 2001 (PDF), Village of Granisle","section":"s. 1, 2, 5, 6","quotes":["No owner or occupier of real property shall allow that property to become or remain","any accumulation of filth, discarded materials or rubbish of any kind, including","clear the property of brush, noxious weeds, wild grass and other untended","No person shall place graffiti on walls, fences or elsewhere on or adjacent to"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"how_to_report":{"label":"How to report","value":"Use the online Village of Granisle Bylaw Complaint Form (date and time, your details, the property and a description). Animal complaints: also email pictures to general@villageofgranisle.ca.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://villageofgranisle.ca/village-of-granisle-bylaw-complaint-form/","title":"Bylaw Complaint Form, Village of Granisle","section":"Bylaw Complaint Form","quotes":["Please provide as much detail as you can so that we can properly investigate the complaint.","If this is an animal complaint please email pictures to the village office at general@villageofgranisle.ca"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"process":{"label":"What happens next","value":"If an owner fails to remove rubbish, clear brush and weeds, or prevent insects (s. 6), an officer may give written notice to comply within 21 days. If not done, the Village may do the work at the owner's expense. Costs unpaid on December 31 are added to the property taxes.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://granisle.civicweb.net/document/178/","title":"Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 340, 2001 (PDF), Village of Granisle","section":"s. 7, s. 8","quotes":["twenty-one (21) days of delivery of the notice, and in the event of failure to","at the expense of the","costs shall be added to and form part of the taxes payable on the property as","Where any person fails to comply with Section 6 of this bylaw, the Bylaw","costs remain unpaid on December 31 in the year the removal was done"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":"Tickets: $100 for permitting rubbish to collect, depositing rubbish, graffiti, failure to remove rubbish or failure to prevent insects; $50 for failure to maintain (brush, weeds).","short":"Ticket $100","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://granisle.civicweb.net/document/266/","title":"Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 344, 2001 (PDF), Village of Granisle","section":"Schedule 6","quotes":["Permitting rubbish to collect 3 $ 100.00","Placing graffiti 5 $ 100.00","Failure to maintain 6(b) $ 50.00"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Property Maintenance Bylaw, 2001, No.: 340","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://granisle.civicweb.net/document/178/","title":"Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 340, 2001 (PDF), Village of Granisle","section":"s. 13","quotes":["Property Maintenance Bylaw, 2001, No.: 340"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-08"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":5,"stated":5,"matched":5,"none":0,"unknown":0},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nThe [Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 340](<https://granisle.civicweb.net/document/178/>) says owners and occupiers must not let property become or stay \"unsightly\". That covers outdoor piles of building material (outside construction or building-material businesses), unlicensed or inoperable vehicles or parts, and accumulations of filth, discarded materials or rubbish. Owners must also clear brush, noxious weeds and wild grass, and prevent caterpillars and noxious insects. Graffiti and dumping rubbish in open places are not allowed.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Fill in the online Village of Granisle Bylaw Complaint Form: date and time, your details, the property and a description.\n2. An officer can give the owner written notice to comply within 21 days.\n3. If it is not done, the Village may do the work at the owner's expense. Costs unpaid on December 31 are added to the property taxes.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- Tickets are $100 for permitting rubbish to collect, depositing rubbish, graffiti, failure to remove rubbish or failure to prevent insects. Failure to maintain (brush, weeds) is $50.\n- The bylaw also sets a court fine of up to $2,000 plus costs, each day a separate offence.\n- Questions: Village Office, 250.697.2248.","sources":[{"url":"https://granisle.civicweb.net/document/178/","title":"Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 340, 2001 (PDF), Village of Granisle","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://villageofgranisle.ca/village-of-granisle-bylaw-complaint-form/","title":"Bylaw Complaint Form, Village of Granisle","accessed":"2026-11-08"},{"url":"https://granisle.civicweb.net/document/266/","title":"Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 344, 2001 (PDF), Village of Granisle","accessed":"2026-11-08"}],"sources_read":"2026-11-08","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/granisle/unsightly-property/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/granisle/unsightly-property.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/granisle/unsightly-property.json"}}