City of Nanaimo Increases Fines for Water Use Violations and Vandalism
The City of Nanaimo has updated its 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 removing parts from them.
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.
Council passed three readings of a bylaw to update the fines, with the goal of deterring future vandalism and tampering.
Author's summary: Nanaimo updates fines for water vandalism.
- Vandalism and tampering with water infrastructure have increased in Nanaimo.
- Fines for water use violations and vandalism have not been updated since 2006.
- The city aims to increase fines to match those of other municipalities.
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