In the City of North Vancouver, throwing a lit cigarette on the road will cost you a heavy fine. The fine for ‘Unlawful Fire or Lit Material’ is going up from $75 to $500.
At a March 4 council meeting, the council approved changes to several updates brought forward by staff to the CNV’s fees, charges, and fines. The most significant increase was fine for throwing a lit cigarette on the road in the City of North Vancouver. According to the bylaw, “A person must not…dispose of any lighted or extinguished cigarette, cigar, match, smoking or vaporizing equipment or other burning substance except into a garbage container or other container designed for such disposal.
Other fines are also increasing, such as parking within 6m of a crosswalk, intersection, or stop sign, parked unattached trailers, truck off a designated truck route, vehicle weight loads, and unsecured vehicle load.
Below are the approved changes in fines:
Unlawful Fire or Lit Material: fine goes up from $75 to $500
Parking within 6m of a crosswalk: $50 to $110
Parking within 6m of an intersection: $50 to $110
Parking within 6m of a stop sign: $50 to $110
Damage/Excavate Street without approval: $100 to $450
Truck off designated route without approval: $100 to $450
Unsecured vehicle load: $155 to $200
The effective date of the bylaw amendment is January 1, 2024.
According to the staff report prepared by the City of North Vancouver, the current fines may not reflect the actual environmental or social impacts of parking or other violations. “Raising the cost of fines will help deter individuals from contravening various local bylaws, including those relating to illegal parking and disposal of lit substances,” staff noted.
x says
ok, give us more places to butt out! You have two containers in the whole of the city. get with it……or do you plan to collect fines, instead of investing in a clean environment? In many cities all over the world, there are cigarette butt receptacles, get with it
Joe says
Perhaps you’re just extremely lazy and self-righteous. The smoking will help get rid of problems such as yourself quickly…