HomeMy WebLinkAboutBylaw 1619 - Control Of Weeds On Road AllowancesBY LAW NUMBER 1619
BEING A BYLAW OF THE COUNCIL OF KNEEHILL COUNTY, IN THE
PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, TO RESCIND BYLAW 1068, AN EARLIER WEED
CONTROL BYLAW, AND ESTABLISH A NEW BYLAW TO CONTROL
WEEDS ON ROAD ALLOWANCES WITHIN KNEEHILL COUNTY
WHEREAS pursuant to the Municipal Government Act, R.S.A. 2000 Chapter M 26 as
amended, the power to pass a bylaw under this or any other enactment includes a power
to amend or repeal the bylaw- hereby deem it appropriate to repeal Bylaw 1068
WHEREAS Bylaw 1068 references only Section 8 (2) of The Weed Control Act,
Chapter W-6 Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1980 and does not include the new Alberta
Weed Control Act.
AND WHEREAS the Weed Control Act, Chapter W 5 1 2008 and subsequent
regulations and amendments there to enacts as follows
1 Effective upon this bylaw receiving three readings, the owner(s) or
occupant(s) of lands, shall for the purpose of this bylaw be deemed to be the
occupant of that portion of any highway within the municipality which
adjoins his/her/their land and lies between the boundary of his/her/their land
and the centre line of the highway
2. That the Weed Control Act will apply to the said land in the same manner
that it applies to privately owned land.
3 That the Council of Kneehill County shall make provision for the control of
weeds on said land where established grass growth has been disrupted for
the construction of new roads, installation of culverts or any road repairs,
until new grass growth has been re-established.
4 Upon this bylaw receiving third reading Bylaw 1068 will be repealed in its
entirety
COUNCILLOR HOPPINS moved first reading to this bylaw on
January 11 2011