{"title":"Revelstoke unsightly property rules and how to report","question":"How do I report an unsightly or overgrown property in Revelstoke?","slug":"unsightly-property","place":{"path":"ca/bc/revelstoke","name":"Revelstoke","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 Revelstoke","url":"https://www.revelstoke.ca"},"short_answer":"Report it to the City of Revelstoke's Bylaw Compliance Services through SeeClickFix, by email to bylawenforcement@revelstoke.ca or by phone at 250-837-4747, with your full name and phone number. The fine is $500 per offence. The bylaw itself is a scan, so its process is not stated here.","aliases":["overgrown lot revelstoke","messy yard revelstoke","unsightly premises bylaw revelstoke","graffiti revelstoke","weeds neighbour revelstoke"],"cost":"Reporting is free. The fine is $500 per offence.","how_long":null,"where":[{"type":"online","label":"SeeClickFix (City of Revelstoke)","value":"https://seeclickfix.com/web_portal/isYgDzqdNvPAvsVztgLBK9wB/report/category"},{"type":"email","label":"Bylaw Compliance Services","value":"bylawenforcement@revelstoke.ca"},{"type":"phone","label":"Bylaw Compliance Services","value":"250-837-4747"}],"documents":[],"forms":[{"title":"Unsightly Premises Bylaw No. 1378 (PDF, scanned)","url":"https://revelstoke.civicweb.net/document/21160"}],"related":[{"slug":"bylaw-fines","title":"Revelstoke bylaw fines and how tickets work","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/revelstoke/bylaw-fines/"}],"nearby":[{"place":"ca/bc/sicamous","name":"Sicamous","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/sicamous/unsightly-property/"},{"place":"ca/bc/enderby","name":"Enderby","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/enderby/unsightly-property/"},{"place":"ca/bc/nakusp","name":"Nakusp","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/nakusp/unsightly-property/"},{"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/golden","name":"Golden","url":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/golden/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":"Per the ticket schedules, offences are: allowing an accumulation of unwholesome matter, depositing rubbish in an open place, allowing an unsightly property, placing graffiti, allowing brush or noxious weeds, allowing insect infestation, and failing to remove rubbish.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://revelstoke.civicweb.net/document/226008/","title":"Bylaw Offence Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 2370, Schedule (PDF), City of Revelstoke","section":"Schedule B, Unsightly Premises","quotes":["2(1) Permit accumulation of $500.00 $250.00 $500.00 Yes","3(1) Permit brush or noxious weeds","2(4) Placing of graffiti"]},{"url":"https://revelstoke.civicweb.net/document/164836","title":"Municipal Ticket Information System Bylaw No. 2082, Schedule 2 (PDF), City of Revelstoke","section":"Schedule 2, Unsightly Premises","quotes":["Permit accumulation of unwholesome matter 2(1) $500.00 N/A","Permit insect infestation 3(2) $500.00 N/A"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"how_to_report":{"label":"How to report","value":"Bylaw Compliance Services: report online at SeeClickFix, by email to bylawenforcement@revelstoke.ca or by phone at (250) 837-4747. Give your full name and phone number; complaints are not anonymous, but the City keeps your identity confidential.","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://www.revelstoke.ca/493/Bylaw-Tickets","title":"Bylaw Tickets, City of Revelstoke","section":"Report a Problem","quotes":["Report the violation online at SeeClickFix, by email to bylawenforcement@revelstoke.ca or by phone at (250) 837-4747.","the City does not accept anonymous complaints","keeps the identity of every complainant confidential unless the complainant has agreed to be identified"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"process":{"label":"What happens next","value":null,"status":"unknown","reason":"scanned","note":"The City's Unsightly Premises Bylaw is a scanned image that could not be read.","sources":[]},"fine":{"label":"Fine","value":"Bylaw notice: $500 ($250 if paid within 14 days; $500 if paid late) for each offence. Municipal ticket: $500.","short":"Notice $500 ($250 if paid within 14 days)","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://revelstoke.civicweb.net/document/226008/","title":"Bylaw Offence Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 2370, Schedule (PDF), City of Revelstoke","section":"Schedule B, Unsightly Premises","quotes":["2(3) Permit unsightly property $500.00 $250.00 $500.00 Yes"]},{"url":"https://revelstoke.civicweb.net/document/164836","title":"Municipal Ticket Information System Bylaw No. 2082, Schedule 2 (PDF), City of Revelstoke","section":"Schedule 2, Unsightly Premises","quotes":["Permit unsightly property 2(3) $500.00 N/A"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}},"bylaw":{"label":"Bylaw","value":"Unsightly Premises Bylaw No. 1378, 1990","status":"stated","sources":[{"url":"https://revelstoke.civicweb.net/document/226008/","title":"Bylaw Offence Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 2370, Schedule (PDF), City of Revelstoke","section":"Schedule A","quotes":["Unsightly Premises Bylaw No. 1378, 1990"]},{"url":"https://revelstoke.civicweb.net/document/164836","title":"Municipal Ticket Information System Bylaw No. 2082, Schedule 2 (PDF), City of Revelstoke","section":"Schedule 1","quotes":["Unsightly Premise Bylaw No. 1378, 1990"]}],"check":{"result":"matched","text_date":"2026-11-06"}}},"facts_summary":{"total":5,"stated":4,"matched":4,"none":0,"unknown":1},"body_markdown":"## How it works\n\nThe City's Unsightly Premises Bylaw No. 1378 is a scanned image, so its wording could not be read. The ticket schedules list these offences: allowing an accumulation of unwholesome matter, depositing rubbish in an open place, allowing an unsightly property, placing graffiti, allowing brush or noxious weeds, allowing insect infestation, and failing to remove rubbish.\n\n## Steps\n\n1. Report the property to Bylaw Compliance Services through SeeClickFix, by email or by phone.\n2. Give your full name and phone number. Complaints are not anonymous, but the City keeps your identity confidential.\n\n## Good to know\n\n- The bylaw's process (notices, time to fix, cleanup at the owner's cost) is not stated in any readable City text. Ask Bylaw Compliance Services.\n- Fine: a bylaw notice is $500 ($250 if paid within 14 days, $500 if paid late) for each offence; a municipal ticket is $500.","sources":[{"url":"https://revelstoke.civicweb.net/document/21160","title":"City of Revelstoke Unsightly Premises By-Law No. 1378, 1990 (PDF, scanned)","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://revelstoke.civicweb.net/document/164836","title":"Municipal Ticket Information System Bylaw No. 2082, Schedule 2 (PDF), City of Revelstoke","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://revelstoke.civicweb.net/document/226008/","title":"Bylaw Offence Notice Enforcement Bylaw No. 2370, Schedule (PDF), City of Revelstoke","accessed":"2026-11-05"},{"url":"https://www.revelstoke.ca/493/Bylaw-Tickets","title":"Bylaw Tickets, City of Revelstoke","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 4 of 5 facts was matched to the official text; 1 could not be confirmed."},"urls":{"html":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/revelstoke/unsightly-property/","markdown":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/revelstoke/unsightly-property.md","json":"https://govhandbook.com/ca/bc/revelstoke/unsightly-property.json"}}