This bylaw controls the location of brothels and signage advertising commercial sexual services. Expand all Collapse all Brothels Bylaw 1. This bylaw was amended on 22 November , and the amended bylaw comes into force on 1 December Interpretation Explanatory notes are not part of the bylaw and the Council may add, amend and delete explanatory notes at any time without amending the bylaw.
Explanatory note: Explanatory notes are used for a number of reasons, including to explain the intent of a clause in less formal language, to include additional helpful information, or because the information may be subject to change and need to up updated before the bylaw itself has to be updated. Without limiting the interpretation of this term, examples of arrangements that would be defined as a multi-unit residential complex include:. The Council completed its five-year statutory review of the Brothels Bylaw in The review resulted in minor amendments to improve and simplify the bylaw.
This bylaw incorporates amendments approved by the Council on 22 November , which came into force on 1 December This register lists premises that are exempt from the location controls in clause 4 under clause 6 of the Brothels Location and Commercial Sexual Services Signage Bylaw Skip to main content Skip to page navigation. Home Council Plans, strategies, policies and bylaws Bylaws. The purpose of the Brothels Location and Commercial Sexual Services Signage Bylaw is to: restrict where brothels excluding small owner-operated brothels can operate in the district brothels-allowed areas are set out in maps prohibit the operation of brothels including small owner-operated brothels from multi-unit residential complexes such as apartments and townhouses limit signage used to advertise commercial sexual services.
Expand all. Collapse all. Brothels Bylaw Explanatory note: The maps in Schedule 1 set out the brothels-allowed areas. Brothels can locate in these areas provided they are not on a property sharing a boundary with a school, or in a multi-unit residential complex.
A brothel cannot be located next to an important open space area in the central city β these areas are shown on the central city map. The brothels-allowed areas are based on planning documents from when the bylaw was established in Areas of industrial and commercial zoned land were assessed during the development of the bylaw in order to separate residential areas and schools from areas where brothels could operate.
