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Community By-law Enforcement Services

Working T

• gether to Improve

Neighbourhood Liveability

Our History

Creation of Community By-Law Enforcement Services Division Community By-Law Enforcement Services (CBES) was established in November of 2008 based on specific recommendations made by the Red Tape Commission.

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Our History

The creation of a consolidated by-law enforcement unit was intended to:

• provide a single point-of-access for the community when dealing

with a range of by-law enforcement activities

• enhance the integration of work and consistency of enforcement

for those by-laws that affect the day-to-day lives of Winnipeggers

• develop a uniformed and visible presence in the community
• better utilize resources, eliminate duplication of services, ensure a

more coordinated approach

• increase accountability for a more timely and effective reporting

process CBES enforces the maintenance of properties and other aspects of neighbourhood liveability in order to develop and maintain safe,

• rderly, viable and sustainable communities and to promote and

maintain the safety and wellbeing of Winnipeggers.

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Core Services


Through a combination of education, collaboration, and enforcement activities, CBES provides services related to: Property & neighborhood standards inspections: vacant building inspections neighbourhood liveability inspections (i.e., dilapidated housing, litter, derelict vehicles, exterior maintenance, fire pits, illegal temporary signs, illegal dumping, vermin, lack of heat, etc.) vegetation control inspections graffiti control inspections (under review)

• utdoor smoking inspections

Business licensing services Bicycle recovery services Policy development for Council consideration Education

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Service Delivery & Investigations

Community By-law Enforcement Services is both proactive and complaint driven Proactive: Vacant Building Program Neighbourhood Inspection Audits Illegal Temporary Sign Blitzes Outdoor Smoking Blitzes Complaints: 311 request for service 
 from residents & community groups

Community By-law Enforcement Services

• Our officers service the residents of Winnipeg on a day to day basis,

through educational, cooperative, and enforcement initiatives.

• We work together with communities, for the betterment of the people

who live in them.

• Our Officers work closely with other agencies such as


Winnipeg Police Service, Winnipeg Fire & Paramedics, Animal Services, Social Services, etc.

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By-law Enforcement Officers (BEOs)

Our officers are:

• Empowered to enforce City of Winnipeg By-laws
• Appointed as Special Constables

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City of Winnipeg By-laws enforced by CBES

• Neighbourhood Liveability By-law 1/2008

Consolidation of 17 Property Standards By-laws

• Vacant Buildings By-law 79/2010
• Solid Waste By-law 1340/76
• Outdoor Smoking By-law 62/2011
• Graffiti Control By-law 204/2007
• Doing Business in Winnipeg 91-2008
• Taxicab License By-law 6123/93
• Winter Parking Ban By-law No. 76/2011

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City of Winnipeg Statutes –

Examples of a few By-laws enforced by other departments

• Zoning Bylaw
• Building Codes
• Streets By-law
• Fire Codes

Neighbourhood Liveability By-law - 17 By-laws Unified


1. Anti-litter 2. Minimum Standards of Housing Repair 3. Boulevard Maintenance 4. Building Names and Numbers 5. Derelict Vehicle 6. Fire Prevention (sections) 7. Handbill and Poster 8. Maintenance and Occupancy 9. Mosquito Control

• 10. Noise Control

11. Pigeon Control

• 12. Refrigerator and Freezers
• 13. Temporary Street Signs
• 14. Termite Control
• 15. Tree trimming
• 16. Unsightly Premises
• 17. Winnipeg Heating

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Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

Typically covers the maintenance of the exterior of buildings and property.

• Fences
• Roof condition
• Paint
• Accessory buildings
• Safety issues
• Derelict vehicles

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Properties must be maintained so as to prevent the existence of objects and conditions that pose health, safety, fire or accident hazards to people, animals, or neighbouring properties.

• Fire or explosion
• Structural dangers
• Holes & excavations
• Refrigerators & freezers
• Sharp objects

Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

Properties must be kept free of garbage

• No accumulations 

• f garbage
• Garbage must be 


properly secured

• And garbage must be 


properly stored

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Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

• Water drainage
• Vegetation on properties
• Walkways
• Exterior walls of buildings
• Roofs of buildings
• Foundations, porches, &

entrances

• Accessory structures
• Termites

Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

A derelict vehicle is a motor vehicle or the body or chassis of a motor vehicle that

• Is not in an operating 


condition and is rusted, 
 wrecked or partly wrecked, 


• r is dismantled or partly 


dismantled and

• is not insured and registered 


under The Highway Traffic Act 
 and does not have a current, 
 valid license plate attached to 
 it and

• has been entirely or partially


located outside of a building for 
 more than one month.

Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

Interior Conditions

• basic standards of living
• hoarding

Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

• Occupancy limits (over

crowding )

• Egress
• Safety features / equipment

maintenance

• Maintenance of floors,

walls, ceilings, furnishings and fixtures.

• Maintenance of all

plumbing, cooking and refrigeration fixtures.

Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

Basic Utility Necessities

• Water (plumbing standards)
• Heat (heating standards)

Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

Pictured here is a tub that has frozen over due to a lack of heat

• Nuisances & Unsanitary

Conditions

• Mice / Rodent infestations
• Cockroaches

Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

Bedbugs


• Nation-wide problem
• Is not caused by “dirty” living

habits

• Will become costly to

remediate if ignored for any length of time after discovery.

• A shared responsibility

between owners and tenants.

Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

Limitations on structures and vehicles used for residences

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Photo provided by The Winnipeg Free Press Pictured here are modified “sheds” in a back yard being used as illegal rental units.


Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

Littering

Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

• Spitting
• Garbage and litter from

vehicles (includes the safe and secured transport of garbage)

• Expectation of removing

garbage situated outside of

• r surrounding an owner’s

property

• Duty of food establishments

to collect related garbage within 100 metres of the business

Temporary Signs on Streets

Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

• Can pose a safety risk to those who

post and remove them especially on high-speed, high volume traffic routes

• Can also be a traffic hazard

inasmuch as they can obscure sight lines and can distract motorists

• Can be a source of visual pollution

The NLB:

• prohibits any temporary sign

located within a street median or traffic island

• prohibits any temporary sign on

approximately 30 Image Routes (see Schedule A of the NLB)

For all other streets, temporary signs must meet various distance and size requirements.

• requires that all temporary signs

contain the name and telephone number of the person placing the sign

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Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

Temporary Signs on Streets

Roadside Memorials

• Pedestrian & vehicular safety
• Length of time (365 days from

incident)

• Size limitations
• Materials used
• Cannot be located on medians

and intersection

• Must be placed at approved

locations.

• After the 365 day time limit a

Permanent Memorial Band may be installed for a fee by calling 311

Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

Handbills, Posters, Roadside Memorials & Temporary Signs

Noise Control
 Mainly deals with mechanical noise (people related noise – Winnipeg Police)

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Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

Prohibited before 7am or after 9pm on weekdays & before 9am or after 9pm

• n Sat/Sun/holidays within 150 m of a

residential properties

• Mechanical tools, snow blower,

lawn tools, etc.

• Heavy equipment / construction

tools

• Repair/rebuild/modify/test out of

doors any motor vehicle

• Air conditioners, air moving devices

and fans.

Outdoor Fires in Receptacles

• The fire is maintained within an

approved receptacle;

• The fire is maintained a minimum of 3

meters, as measured from the nearest edge of the fire, from any combustible buildings or structures, combustible fences, trees and overhead wires;

• Only clean, dry, unpainted and

untreated wood is burned in the fire.

Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

Street Address Numbers

• Clearly posted in front and rear

lanes of properties

• Aids emergency response units in

locating properties.

Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

Boulevard Maintenance

• Obligations to maintain

boulevards

• Covers the expectations for

boulevard treatments

• Outlines authorization process

for non-standard boulevard treatments

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Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

Mosquito Control

• Dump, drain, and

maintain Birdbaths must be maintained with fresh water

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Neighbourhood Liveability By-law

Regulates the condition of Vacant Buildings


Vacant Building By-law 


• Reduce the risk of Fire
• Reduce the risk of hazards to Fire

personnel and other emergency personnel

• Reduce the risk of blight
• Discourage illegal activities
• Discourage boarded buildings
• Contribute positively to

neighbourhood renewal by discouraging vacant buildings to remain inactive for extended periods of time.

• Annual inspections (Fees)
• Shortened taking title without compensation

process

• More assertive action on boarded buildings
• Shortened timeframes for boarded buildings
• Significantly Increase boarded building permit

fees

• No Occupancy orders and Occupancy

Certificates

• More consistent and aggressive approach to

prosecution.

New Vacant Building By-law

Vacant Property Owners who make reasonable progress in a reasonable time frame can avoid fees and prosecution.

New Vacant Building By-law

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