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West Van lags behind in issuing watering fines NICK LABA
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Despite the evidence given by water meters, and visibly lush landscapes, the District of West Vancouver has issued $0 in fines this dry season for flouting watering restrictions.
In contrast, neighbouring municipalities have been giving teeth to Metro Vancouver’s Phase 2 watering restrictions – which ban lawn watering of any kind – since they rolled out Aug. 4. According to staff, North Vancouver District has issued 45 tickets this year, amounting to $10,650, while North Vancouver City has issued 63 tickets and warnings, for a total of $2,800. Across Burrard Inlet, the City of Vancouver has issued more than $160,000 in fines. Meanwhile, West Vancouver has been aware that some of its residents were violating restrictions in Phase 1, which rolled out in May. The district’s metering system showed that eight per cent of residents were using four times the typical household supply in June. Warning letters were sent out to those households.
District staff said at the time that it preferred taking an education-first approach, but with Stage 2 restrictions rolling out, “the bylaw enforcement team will be responsive to any complaints and reports, and will be moving forward with a targeted enforcement approach.” Weeks later, staff reported that the warning letters had precipitated a drop in usage at 80 per cent of the problem households, but not all. Still no tickets issued. One week into September and enforcement has been carried out across much of Metro Vancouver. So, why has no one in the region’s wealthiest municipality received a fine? Similar to the response given at the beginning of August, West Vancouver staff say they’re moving to an enforcement approach. “There was a region-wide meeting at the end of August to discuss the Stage 2 transition,” said spokesperson Carrie Gadsby. “A key takeaway from this meeting was it is time to move from education to enforcement. “Following this meeting, it was Continued on A36
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