British Columbia Order in Council — Order under Local Government Supplementary Letters Patent (SLP) for District of Langford (O.C. 1786/2000)

O.C. 1786/2000

British Columbia — Orders in Council

Presj4ing ember of the Executive Council PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA • ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. 17 8 6 , Approved and Ordered DU I 1 2000 4.ioutsaant Goveaisr dif diwlnlsnvtue Executive Council Chambers, Victoria On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Litutepant cvo.k.$4499r, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that fvatur Supplementary Letters Patent, in the form attached, be issued for the District of Langford. ) Minister of Mu ipal (This

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Local Government Act,

section 13 Other (specify): (OP 4033) DK-1112 a I loci 3

Uputpriant (Inv =Or A d anInlifrator GREETING. er of Municipal Affairs CANADA PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ELIZABETH the SECOND, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her Other Realms and Territories, Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. To all to whom these presents shall come- (

WHEREAS under the provisions of

section ( 13(2)(

j) of the Local Government Act, the ( Minister may, by Supplementary Letters Patent, ( deal with matters and conditions, considered ( necessary or advisable by the Lieutenant ( Governor in Council.

AND

WHEREAS Supplementary Letters Patent of the District of Langford were issued and approved on October 22, 1992. AND

WHEREAS a lack of clarity in jurisdiction for Roads, Drainage, and Approving Officer has resulted in confusion over Municipal jurisdiction. AND

WHEREAS

section 13(2)(

j) of the Local Government Act provides that the Lieutenant Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Municipal Affairs, may by Supplementary Letters Patent, deal with other matters and conditions considered necessary or advisable. NOW KNOW YE THAT by these presents We do order and proclaim that the Letters Patent of the District of Langford issued by Order in Council No. 1616, approved and ordered October 22, 1992, be amended forclarity by adding the following

section 35; the provisions of which have been in effect since the date of incorporation. ROADS, DRAINAGE AND APPROVING OFFICER 35.0 For the purposes of Division 5 - Highways, of

Part 15- Municipal Services, of the Local Government Act, and pursuant to

Part 3 of the Highways Act, all public roads within the area enclosed within the municipality, except for those classified as arterial highways are the responsibility of the municipality. 2

35.1 Notwithstanding the generality of

Section 35.0 above, the responsibility for roads and bridges shall include all maintenance (including electrical and railway crossings), capital improvements, road drainage, signs, traffic regulation and all permits previously administered by the Ministry of Transportation and Highways, (including access and utility permits) are the responsibility of the municipality. 35.2 Where, in conjunction with the approval of a plan of subdivision by an approving officer, pursuant to the Land Title Act, works were established or land was set aside for the purpose of drainage, prior to the incorporation of the municipality, the responsibility for maintenance of those works or ownership of lands is transferred to the municipality. 35.3 Pursuant to

section 77 of the Land Title Act the municipality has jurisdiction for subdivision approval and shall appoint an approving officer. 3

EFI-ECTI VE DATE These Supplementary Letters Patent are effective upon the date approved and ordered by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Our said Province to be hereunto affixed. WIT Alletw mcEctcheol NESS, the Honourable effitirt37eartiefifteTC-7, tictitenunt3=8/Tito of Our said Province of British A d istrator Columbia, in Our City of Victoria, in Our said Province, this day of lie cember, in the year of Our Lord two thousand and in the forty-ninth year of Our Reign. By Command. Attorney General General 4

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 1786/2000
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 1786 2000
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	1aa45b113ec9225cb8d8f3488265382e15c8f9a6

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