Courtenay By-law 2804, s. 17(i) — Prevention of Public Nuisances Bylaw

a hazard to the safety of persons;

• (ii) likely to damage public property; or
• (iii) seriously inconveniencing the public the City may order such trees, hedges, bushes or shrubs to be trimmed, removed or cut down at the expense of the owners or occupiers of real property on which they grow or stand.
• (b) Before proceeding to exercise the powers conferred by subsection (a), the City shall give notice in writing, by registered mail or personal delivery to the most recent address shown on the current assessment roll requiring the owner or occupier of the lands to remove, cut down, or trim the trees, shrubs, hedges or bushes designated in the notice within fourteen (14) days from date thereof.
• (c) If the City is unable to serve the owner or occupier or real property with the notice under subsection (b), the City may apply to the Supreme Court for an order to serve the notice by substituted service.
• (d) If the person given notice does not take the required action within the time period referred to in subsection (b), the City by its employees or others, may enter the real property and effect that action at the expense of the person given notice.
• (e) If the person referred to in subsection
• (d) does not pay the costs of the action under that subsection on or before December 31 in the year in which the costs were incurred, the costs shall be added to and form part of the taxes payable on the real property as taxes in arrears.