Granisle unsightly property rules and how to report
How do I report an unsightly or overgrown property in Granisle?
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.
Key facts
| What counts | 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.Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 340, 2001, s. 1, 2, 5, 6 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingNo 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 |
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| How to report | 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.Bylaw Complaint Form · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingPlease 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 |
| What happens next | 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.Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 340, 2001, s. 7, s. 8 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingtwenty-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 |
| Fine | 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).Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 344, 2001, Schedule 6 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingPermitting rubbish to collect 3 $ 100.00 Placing graffiti 5 $ 100.00 Failure to maintain 6(b) $ 50.00 |
| Bylaw | Property Maintenance Bylaw, 2001, No.: 340Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 340, 2001, s. 13 · Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-08Official wordingProperty Maintenance Bylaw, 2001, No.: 340 |
How it works
The Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 340 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.
Steps
- Fill in the online Village of Granisle Bylaw Complaint Form: date and time, your details, the property and a description.
- An officer can give the owner written notice to comply within 21 days.
- 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.
Good to know
- 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.
- The bylaw also sets a court fine of up to $2,000 plus costs, each day a separate offence.
- Questions: Village Office, 250.697.2248.
Official forms and pages
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Sources
- Property Maintenance Bylaw No. 340, 2001 (PDF), Village of Granisle (read 2026-11-08)
- Bylaw Complaint Form, Village of Granisle (read 2026-11-08)
- Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 344, 2001 (PDF), Village of Granisle (read 2026-11-08)
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