Kelowna has a new weapon to use against the owners of property that generate a large number of city bylaw department complaints香蕉视频直播攖he nuisance abatement fee.

The fee, part of the city香蕉视频直播檚 revamped Good Neighbour Bylaw, is a $250 per call charge after three calls to the same property are made within a span of 12 months by police, the fire department or city bylaw officers.

City risk manager Lance Kayfish told council the fee could be attached to annual property taxes and would be over and above any fines for infractions of city rules levies by the city on a property owner.

He said it has been used in other B.C. municipalities and has proven successful.

Under the new rules, the designation of a nuisance property would stay on the property in question for one year after the three-calls-in-12-months period.

The fee will not be charged in case of medical or other emergencies.

The new fee is part of the city revamp of its rules to deal with issues such as unsightly premises, noise and graffiti.

The noise provisions include a change to the time construction must end in the city, moving it to 9 p.m. from the current 10 p.m. The city香蕉视频直播檚 engineer will, however, have the power to relax that rule and authorize construction noise outside of the 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. time period.

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The city香蕉视频直播檚 bylaw manager David Grazley told council the new rules are needed and he considers them 香蕉视频直播渁 way to move forward香蕉视频直播� in dealing with nuisance properties.

He said his department has had a problem with some properties rented out through AirB&B, where noise and parking have become ongoing problems.

But often, he said, the property owners do not take much notice.

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