WHEREAS municipalities expect all owners of real property, including other government bodies to exercise good citizenship by removing unsightly accumulations of graffiti from their property; AND WHEREAS municipalities with graffiti by-laws require owners of real property to remove unsightly accumulations of graffiti from their property; AND WHEREAS British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority BC Hydro which owns statutory right-of-way on which it locates kiosks, except in limited circumstances refuses to remove graffiti from those kiosks; AND WHEREAS according to BC Hydro, the Hydro and Power Authority Act provides that the Vancouver Charter, Local Government Act and Community Charter do not bind BC Hydro and hence, that municipal graffiti bylaws do not bind BC Hydro: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Union of British Columbia Municipalities urge the Government of British Columbia to amend the Hydro and Power Authority Act to provide that municipal legislation is to bind BC Hydro to the extent of any bylaw that requires owners or occupiers of real property to remove unsightly accumulations of graffiti from their property.
