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Vancouver property standards bylaw
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Vancouver's standards of maintenance and related premises bylaws cover the condition of rental and commercial buildings and, with other texts, untidy lots. The bylaw finder is the index. Inspectors issue orders that specify repairs. The order, not a contractor's quote, sets the compliance date.
Residents report through 311. Owners answering an order should use the reconsideration path written on the order. Pest control and trade contractors do the work; they do not retire the order.
The directory lists a firm for this work only after a real submission is approved.
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Where do standards-of-maintenance rules sit?
On the city's bylaw search, under the standards of maintenance and related untidy-premises texts. 311 is the intake for a complaint.
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