City of Nanaimo Updates Fines for Water Use Violations and Vandalism
The City of Nanaimo has passed three readings of a bylaw to update fines for water use violations and vandalism for the first time in nearly 20 years.
According to city documents, Nanaimo has experienced increasing vandalism and tampering with water infrastructure, including turning on fire hydrants without permission and rendering them inoperative.
As a deterrent, the city is looking to compare itself to other communities and increase its fines for tampering with such assets to match what other municipalities are doing.
The update comes after determining that current penalties for damaging fire hydrants were no longer effective in deterring vandals.
- Turning on fire hydrants without permission
- Hooking up to fire hydrants without a permit
- Removing parts from fire hydrants to render them inoperative
Author's summary: Nanaimo updates fines for water infrastructure vandalism.