Compliance and Enforcement

NBVs may be used to enforce specific bylaw violations using a simple, cost-effective process. Penalty amounts vary up to a maximum of $500. We enforce:

• Air quality bylaws in accordance with GVRD Notice of Bylaw Violation Enforcement and Dispute Adjudication Bylaw No. 1117, 2010.
• Liquid waste and solid waste bylaws in accordance with GVS&DD Notice of Bylaw Violation Enforcement and Dispute Adjudication Amendment Bylaw No. 378, 2024.

NBVs issued to corporate entities since March 13, 2024 that have been paid, upheld, or are no longer in a d​ispute process, are summarized in the following table.​

A MTI or ticket is used for more technically complex or repeat air quality bylaw offences. Fine amounts vary up to a maximum of $3,000. Tickets are used to enforce compliance with air quality bylaws and are issued in accordance with GVRD Ticket Information Utilization Bylaw No. 1050, 2006.

MTIs issued to corporate entities in the past three years that have been paid or are no longer in a dispute process are summarized in the following table.

Court prosecutions are a legal process where an entity is formally charged and the matter is heard in a court of law by a judge. Formal charges are initiated by Metro Vancouver when there is sufficient evidence of the alleged offence, and the public interest in the maintenance of environmental values requires prosecution.

Prosecutions of corporate entities pursued by Metro Vancouver for offences under air quality, liquid waste, or solid waste bylaws, where the corporate entity has been found guilty, are summarized in the following table.